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.
- (radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
- 2007, Gary Hudson, Sarah Rowlands, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook (page 336)
- Even rolling news has junctions to meet - headlines on the hour or half-hour, or links to live events, for example.
- 2010, Peter Stewart, Essential Radio Skills: How to Present a Radio Show
- Try to avoid becoming too predictable or repetitive, particularly at regular junctions.
- 2007, Gary Hudson, Sarah Rowlands, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook (page 336)
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
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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the boundary between two materials
