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      junction
      noun
      A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
      (rail transport) A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
      The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
      (electronics) electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.
      The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
      (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
      (radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
      (computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
      (programming) In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.
      A village in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States.
      A city, the county seat of Kimble County, Texas, United States.
      A small town, the county seat of Piute County, Utah, United States.
      An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.
      verb
      (figurative) (of roads or tracks) To form a junction.
      Roots
      iungojunct- · Latin · join
      Synonyms for junction
      juncturenintersectionnconjunctionnadjunctionnconfluencenunderpassnterminusnlanenoverpassnconfluxn
      Words related to junction
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