noun

junction

JUHNGK-shuhn

noun

A point where two or more things meet or join, especially roads or railway lines.

"Turn left at the next junction."

"The trains merge onto a single track at the junction."

A point of contact between two different materials, especially in electronics.

"The circuit failed at the junction between the two semiconductors."

How to Use Junction

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe place where two things — roads, rail lines, or wires — come together.

Easily confused with

juncture →

Common pairings

road junction railway junction at the junction

junctioned past tense, junctions plural, junctions singular

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From Latin iunctio, "a joining," from iungere, "to join."

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conjunction merger split group union hybrid combination cleft

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