junction

Plural: junctions

Noun

• A point where two or more things are joined; a crossing.
• the place where two or more things come together
• the state of being joined together
• the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
• something that joins or connects
• an act of joining or adjoining things
• The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
• A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
• A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
• The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
• The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
• A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
• A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
• In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.
• electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.

Verb

• To form a junction.

Examples

• The triple word score at the junction of two words proved decisive in the game.

Synonyms

adjunction, articulation, colligation, conjugation, conjunction, join, joint, juncture, combination, composite, fusion, junction, melding, merger, unification, union, unity

Antonyms

cleft, disjoint, disjunct, disjunction, disunification, disunion, dysjunction, malunion, misunion, separation

Related Words

connection, crossroad, disjoin, disjointed, disjunctive, disjunctive normal form, dysjunctive, intersection, juncture, link