junction

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Etymology

From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən

Noun

junction (plural junctions)

1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
2. A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
3. The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals
4. (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.

Synonyms

• (place where two things meet) intersection

Derived terms

• depletion junction
• junction box
• junction canal
• junction detector
• junction diode
• junction gate
• junction nevus
• junction table
• junction transistor
• p-n junction

Translations

the act of joining

Croatian: spoj (hr) m. Dutch: samenkomst f., samenvloeiing f., aansluiting f. French: jonction (fr) f. Greek: ένωση (el) (énosi) f.

Japanese: 接合 (ja) (setsugō) Latin: iūnctiō (la) f. Romanian: joncțiune (ro) Russian: соединение (ru) (soedinenie) n., объединение (ru) (ob'edinenie) n.

a place where two things meet

Armenian: հանգույց (hy) (hanguyc’) Czech: křižovatka (cs) f. Dutch: knooppunt n. verbindingspunt n., aansluiting f., samenkomst f. French: jonction f.

Irish: acomhal (ga) m. Japanese: 合流点 (ja) (gōryūten), ジャンクション (ja) (jyankushon) Russian: соединение (ru) (soedinenie) n., перекрёсток (ru) n. Swedish: knutpunkt (sv), vägkors (sv)

the boundary between two materials

Dutch: las (nl) f., voeg (nl) f., naad (nl) f. Japanese: 接点 (ja) (setten), for semiconductors 接合 (ja) (setsugō)

Russian: соединение (ru) (soedinenie) n.