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junction (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/junction)
Etymology

From Latin iūnctiō, from iungō ("join, attach together").

Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdʒʌŋkʃən/
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.
5. (rail transport) A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
6. (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.

7. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
8. (programming) In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.

Synonyms
- (place where two things meet) intersection

Translations (the act of joining)
- French: jonction
- German: Kreuzung
- Italian: giunzione, giunto, raccordo, innesto
- Portuguese: junção
- Russian: соедине́ние
- Spanish: unión

Translations (a place where two things meet)
- French: jonction
- German: Kreuzung, Knotenpunkt
- Italian: incrocio, giunto, giunzione
- Portuguese: junção, junta
- Russian: соедине́ние
- Spanish: juntura

Translations (the boundary between two materials)
- German: Grenzzone
- Russian: соедине́ние

Verb

junction (junctions, present participle junctioning; past and past participle junctioned)

1. (of roads or tracks) To form a junction.
JunctionProper noun
1. A village in Gallatin County, Illinois.
2. A city/county seat in Kimble County, Texas.
3. A small town/county seat in Piute County, Utah.
4. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.
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