junction
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (5)
- the place where two or more things come togetherType of topographic point, placeKinds interchange, intersection, traffic circle, railway junction, T-junction
- the state of being joined togetherSynonyms: conjunctionconjugationcolligationType of union, unificationKinds anastomosis, synapse
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is madeSynonyms: articulationjoinjointjunctureType of connection, connexionKinds esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction
- something that joins or connectsSynonyms: conjunctionType of connection, connexionKinds contact, splice, thermojunction, junction barrier, joint
- an act of joining or adjoining thingsSynonyms: adjunctionType of joining, connection
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
Translations
Noun a place where two things meet
- Spanish
- juntura
- French
- jonction
- German
- Knotenpunkt
- Italian
- giunzione
- Portuguese
- junção
- Russian
- перекрёсток perekrjóstok
- Dutch
- aansluiting
- Swedish
- knutpunkt
- Greek
- σταυροδρόμι stavrodrómi
- Indonesian
- simpang
6 more languages
- Portuguese (PT)
- junção
- Czech
- křižovatka
- Finnish
- liitoskohta
- Norwegian
- knutepunkt
- Romanian
- joncțiune
- Welsh
- cyswllt
Noun the act of joining
- French
- jonction
- Italian
- giunzione
- Portuguese
- junção
- Russian
- соедине́ние sojedinénije
- Dutch
- aansluiting
- Portuguese (PT)
- junção
- Finnish
- liitos
- Romanian
- joncțiune
- Welsh
- cysylltiad
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. junctio, fr. jungere, junctum, to join: cf. F. jonction. See Join.
1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.
2. The place or point of union, meeting, or junction; specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway meet or cross.
Junction plate Boilers, a covering or break-join plate riveted to and uniting the edges of sheets which make a butt joint. — Junction rails Railroads, the switch, or movable, rails, connecting one line of track with another.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54