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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024junc•tion /ˈdʒʌŋkʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a place or point where two or more things meet or are joined, such as a station where railroad lines meet, cross, or diverge, or an intersection of roads.
See -junc-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024junc•tion ( jungk′shən),USA pronunciation n. - an act of joining;
combining. - the state of being joined;
union. - a place or point where two or more things are joined, as a seam or joint.
- a place or point where two or more things meet or converge.
- Rail Transporta place or station where railroad lines meet, cross, or diverge.
- Transportan intersection of streets, highways, or roads.
- something that joins other things together:He used the device as a junction between the branch circuit and the main power lines.
- Latin junctiōn- (stem of junctiō), equivalent. to junct(us), past participle of jungere to join (jung- join + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion
- 1705–15
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged union, linkage, coupling; welt.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged connection. Junction, juncture refer to a place, line, or point at which two or more things join. A junction is also a place where things come together:the junction of two rivers.A juncture is a line or point at which two bodies are joined, or a point of exigency or crisis in time:the juncture of the head and neck; a critical juncture in a struggle.
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