junction
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin iūnctiō (“‘union, joining, uniting’”), from iungō (“‘join, attach together’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən
[edit] Noun
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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.
[edit] Synonyms
- (place where two things meet) intersection
[edit] Derived terms
- depletion junction
- junction box
- junction canal
- junction detector
- junction diode
- junction gate
- junction nevus
- junction table
- junction transistor
- p-n junction
[edit] Translations
the act of joining
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a place where two things meet
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the boundary between two materials
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