junction

See also: Junction

English

Etymology

From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/
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Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən

Noun

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.
(rail transport) A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 66:
  In the mid-1930s, when Stalin was looking to make a statement with his new Metro, he consulted Underground engineers, who offered advice to the Russian Minister in charge of the Metro project, Nikita Khrushchev. He was severely told: 'Don't have a Circle Line - too many flat junctions.' Moscow did build a circle line, but with flying junctions, by which one track goes over another.
(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.
(computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
(programming) In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.
(electronics) electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.

Synonyms

(place where two things meet): intersection

Derived terms

Battersby Junction
burrowing junction
Carstairs Junction
Clapham Junction
depletion junction
flat junction
flying junction
Grand Junction
Holliday junction
Horbury Junction
junctional
junction box
junction canal
Junction City
junction detector
junction diode
junction gate
junction nevus
junction point
junction table
junction transistor
Langwith Junction
Limerick Junction
Llandudno Junction
Lostock Junction
Middleton Junction
Monmouth Junction
p-n junction
Princeton Junction
Rainford Junction
Seaton Junction
Severn Tunnel Junction
T-junction
Verney Junction

Descendants

→ Bengali: জংশন (jôṅśônô)
→ Japanese: ジャンクション

Translations

the act of joining

Bulgarian: съединяване (bg) n (sǎedinjavane), свързване (bg) n (svǎrzvane)
Danish: samling (da) c, kobling c, sammenkobling c
Dutch: samenkomst (nl) f, samenvloeiing (nl) f, aansluiting (nl) f
Finnish: liitos (fi)
French: jonction (fr) f
Friulian: zontadure f
Georgian: შეერთება (šeerteba), გაერთიანება (gaertianeba)
German: Kreuzung (de) f
Greek: ένωση (el) f (énosi)
Ancient: ἁρμογή f (harmogḗ)
Italian: giunzione (it), giunto (it) m, raccordo (it) m, innesto (it) m
Japanese: 接合 (ja) (setsugō)
Latin: iūnctiō f
Portuguese: junção (pt) f
Romanian: joncțiune (ro)
Russian: соедине́ние (ru) n (sojedinénije), объедине́ние (ru) n (obʺjedinénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: спо̑ј m
Roman: spȏj (sh) m
Spanish: unión (es)
Swahili: makutano (sw)

a place where two things meet

Armenian: հանգույց (hy) (hanguycʿ)
Azerbaijani: qovşaq
Bulgarian: съединение (bg) n (sǎedinenie)
Czech: křižovatka (cs) f
Danish: knudepunkt n
Dutch: knooppunt (nl) n verbindingspunt (nl) n, aansluiting (nl) f, samenkomst (nl) f
Finnish: liitoskohta
French: jonction (fr) f
Georgian: შესართავი (šesartavi), შეერთების წერტილი (šeertebis c̣erṭili)
German: Kreuzung (de) f, Knotenpunkt (de) m
Hebrew: צומת‎ (he) m (tsomet)
Hungarian: kereszteződés (hu)
Irish: acomhal m
Italian: incrocio (it) m, giunto (it) m, giunzione (it) f
Japanese: 合流点 (gōryūten), ジャンクション (jankushon)
Latin: ambivium n
Malayalam: കവല (kavala)
Maori: pūruatanga, pūtahitanga, tūtakitanga, komititanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: knutepunkt n
Nynorsk: knutepunkt n
Portuguese: junção (pt) f, junta (pt) f
Russian: соедине́ние (ru) n (sojedinénije), перекрёсток (ru) n (perekrjóstok)
Spanish: juntura (es) f
Swedish: knutpunkt (sv), vägkors
Tocharian B: meske
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

the boundary between two materials

Dutch: las (nl) f, voeg (nl) f, naad (nl) f
German: Grenzzone f
Japanese: 接点 (ja) (setten), for semiconductors 接合 (ja) (setsugō)
Russian: соедине́ние (ru) n (sojedinénije)

electrical junction

Indonesian: sambungan (id)
Malay: simpangan

Verb

junction (third-person singular simple present junctions, present participle junctioning, simple past and past participle junctioned)

(of roads or tracks) To form a junction.