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   Junc·tion

   /ˈjəNG(k)SHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. a point where two or more things are joined: "the junction of the two rivers" Similar joinjointintersectionlinkbondweldseamcouplingconnectionunionjuncturebracebrackethingecommissuresuturesynapseconfluenceconvergencemeetingmeeting pointconfluxjuncturewatersmeetsangam
   • ▪ a place where two or more roads or railroad lines meet: "the junction of Queen's Road and Lancaster Avenue" Similar crossroadscrossingintersectioninterchangegyratoryturnturnoffexitroundaboutlevel crossingT-junctionbox junctionturnoutcloverleaf
   • 2. a region of transition in a semiconductor between a part where conduction is mainly by electrons and a part where it is mainly by holes.
   • 3. the action or fact of joining or being joined: "the vena cava is formed by the junction of three veins"

   Word Origin early 18th century (in junction (sense 3)): from Latin junctio(n-), from jungere ‘to join’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. junctional adjective

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • J

     8

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

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