Junction

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən

Origin

From Latin iūnctiō ("union, joining, uniting"), from iungō ("join, attach together").

Full definition of junction

Noun

1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
2. A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
3. The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
4. (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
5. (radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
• 2007, Gary Hudson, ‎Sarah Rowlands, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook (page 336)Even rolling news has junctions to meet - headlines on the hour or half-hour, or links to live events, for example.
• 2010, Peter Stewart, Essential Radio Skills: How to Present a Radio ShowTry to avoid becoming too predictable or repetitive, particularly at regular junctions.

Synonyms

• (place where two things meet) intersection

Derived terms

• depletion junction
• junction box
• junction canal
• junction detector
• junction diode
• junction gate
• junction nevus
• junction table
• junction transistor
• p-n junction