junction
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
junction (plural junctions)
- The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
- A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
- The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
- (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
Synonyms [edit]
- (place where two things meet): intersection
Derived terms [edit]
- depletion junction
- junction box
- junction canal
- junction detector
- junction diode
- junction gate
- junction nevus
- junction table
- junction transistor
- p-n junction
Translations [edit]
the act of joining
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a place where two things meet
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