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junc·tion

(jŭngk′shən)

1. The act or process of joining or the condition of being joined.

2. A place where two things join or meet, especially a place where two roads or railway routes come together and one terminates.

3. A transition layer or boundary between two different materials or between physically different regions in a single material, especially:

a. A connection between conductors or sections of a transmission line.

b. The interface between two different semiconductor regions in a semiconductor device.

c. A mechanical or alloyed contact between different metals or other materials, as in a thermocouple.

[Latin iūnctiō, iūnctiōn-, from iūnctus, past participle of iungere, to join; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]

junc′tion·al adj.

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junction

(ˈdʒʌŋkʃən)

1. a place where several routes, lines, or roads meet, link, or cross each other: a railway junction.

2. a point on a motorway where traffic may leave or join it

3. (Electronics) electronics

a. a contact between two different metals or other materials: a thermocouple junction.

b. a transition region between regions of differing electrical properties in a semiconductor: a p-n junction.

4. (Electronics) a connection between two or more conductors or sections of transmission lines

5. the act of joining or the state of being joined

[C18: from Latin junctiō a joining, from junctus joined, from jungere to join]

ˈjunctional adj

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junc•tion

(ˈdʒʌŋk ʃən)

n.

1. an act of joining or the state of being joined.

2. a place or point where two or more things meet, converge, or are joined.

3. a place or station where railroad lines meet, cross, or diverge.

4. an intersection of roads.

5. something that joins other things together.

[1705–15; < Latin junctiō=jung(ere) to join + -tiō -tion]

junc′tion•al, adj.

syn: 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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Noun	1.	junction - the place where two or more things come together interchange - a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams carrefour, crossroad, crossway, intersection, crossing - a junction where one street or road crosses another railway junction - a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross T-junction - a junction where two roads or pipes etc. meet to form a T rotary, roundabout, traffic circle, circle - a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary" place, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
	2.	junction - the state of being joined together colligation, conjugation, conjunction anastomosis, inosculation - a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous synapse - the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters" unification, union - the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"
	3.	junction - the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made join, articulation, joint, juncture esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction - the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium connexion, link, connection - a connecting shape
	4.	junction - something that joins or connects conjunction connecter, connector, connective, connection, connexion - an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" tangency, contact - (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts" joint - junction by which parts or objects are joined together barrier strip, junction barrier - a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs splice, splicing - a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together; "the break was due to an imperfect splice" thermojunction - a junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears
	5.	junction - an act of joining or adjoining things adjunction joining, connexion, connection - the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"

junction

noun crossroads, crossing, intersection, interchange, T-junction Follow the road to a junction and turn left.

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junction

noun

1. The act or fact of coming together:

concourse, confluence, convergence, gathering, meeting.

2. A point or position at which two or more things are joined:

connection, coupling, joint, juncture, seam, union.

Translations

مُفْتَرَق طُرُق، مُلْتَقى طُرُقمُلْتَقَى طُرُقٌ

křižovatka

knudepunktvejkryds

Kreuzung Knotenpunkt Abzweigung

διασταύρωση κόμβος

cruce empalme crucero

risteys

jonction accouplement carrefour

raskrižje

csomópont

vegamót

attaccatura giuntura incrocio nodo nodo ferroviario

交差点

교차로

iunctio

dzelzceļa mezglskrustojums

kruising las naad voeg

jernbaneknutepunkt knutepunkt kryss

połączenie

cruzamento

объединение пересечение соединение

križišče

korsning

ทางแยก

kavşak

chỗ giao nhau

汇合处交叉点

junction

[ˈdʒʌŋkʃən]

A. N

1. (= joining) [of bones, pipes] → juntura f, unión f

2. (Brit) (= meeting place) [of roads] → cruce m, crucero m (LAm); [of railway lines] → empalme m; [of rivers] → confluencia f

B. CPD junction box N (Elec) → caja f de empalmes

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

junction

[ˈdʒʌŋkʃ^ən] n

(British) (= intersection) → carrefour m

(British) (= motorway exit) → sortie f

[railway] → embranchement mjunction box n → boîtier m de raccordement

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junction

(Rail) → Gleisanschluss m; (of roads) → Kreuzung f; (of rivers) → Zusammenfluss m; Clapham Junction → Claphamer Kreuz nt; Hamm is a big railway junction → Hamm ist ein großer Eisenbahnknotenpunkt

(Elec) → Anschlussstelle f

(act) → Verbindung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

junction

[ˈdʒʌŋkʃ/ən] n (Brit) (of roads) → bivio, incrocio (Rail) → nodo ferroviario

junction

(ˈdʒaŋkʃən) noun

a place at which things (eg railway lines) join. a railway junction; There was an accident at the junction of Park Road and School Lane.

junction

→ مُلْتَقَى طُرُقٌ křižovatka knudepunkt Kreuzung διασταύρωση cruce risteys carrefour raskrižje incrocio 交差点 교차로 kruising kryss połączenie cruzamento пересечение korsning ทางแยก kavşak chỗ giao nhau 汇合处

junc·tion

n. unión, entronque, punto de contacto de dos partes.

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