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Junction
| Junction Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Junction?
[n] an act of joining or adjoining things
[n] the place where two or more things come together
[n] something that joins or connects
[n] a place where two things come together; "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"
[n] the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
[n] the state of being joined together
Synonyms | Synonyms for Junction: adjunction |
articulation |
colligation |
confluence |
conjugation |
conjunction |
conjunction |
join |
joint |
juncture |
meeting
Related Terms | Find terms related to Junction: abutment |
abuttal |
access |
accession |
accompaniment |
accord |
accordance |
accretion |
addition |
adherence |
adhesion |
adjacency |
adjoiningness |
adjunct |
adjunction |
affairs |
affiliation |
affinity |
affixation |
agglomeration |
agglutination |
aggregation |
agreement |
aisle |
alley |
alliance |
amalgamation |
ambulatory |
annexation |
Anschluss |
aperture |
apposition |
approximation |
appulse |
arcade |
artery |
articulation |
assemblage |
assembly |
assimilation |
association |
attachment |
augmentation |
avenue |
blend |
blending |
bond |
bracketing |
branch |
building |
buildup |
cabal |
cable railway |
cahoots |
call-up |
canvass |
cartel |
census |
centralization |
channel |
cling |
clinging |
cloister |
closeness |
clotting |
clustering |
coaction |
coagulation |
coalescence |
coalition |
cog railway |
coherence |
cohesion |
cohesiveness |
coincidence |
collaboration |
collection |
collectivity |
colligation |
collocation |
collusion |
colonnade |
combination |
combine |
combined effort |
combo |
communication |
compaction |
comparison |
composition |
compound |
concatenation |
concert |
concerted action |
concomitance |
concordance |
concourse |
concretion |
concurrence |
condensation |
conduit |
confederacy |
confederation |
confluence |
conflux |
congealment |
congelation |
congeries |
conglobation |
conglomeration |
congregation |
conjoining |
conjugation |
conjunction |
connectedness |
connection |
consilience |
consolidation |
conspiracy |
constitution |
construction |
conterminousness |
contiguity |
contrariety |
convergence |
cooperation |
copulation |
corralling |
correspondence |
corridor |
coterminousness |
coupling |
covered way |
co-working |
crossroads |
data-gathering |
dealings |
deduction |
defile |
disjunction |
ecumenism |
el |
electric railway |
elevated |
elevated railway |
embankment |
embodiment |
encompassment |
enosis |
exit |
fabrication |
fashioning |
federalization |
federation |
feeder |
feeder line |
ferry |
filiation |
ford |
formation |
fusion |
gallery |
gathering |
getup |
gravity-operated railway |
homology |
hookup |
horse railway |
inclusion |
incorporation |
increase |
ingathering |
inlet |
inseparability |
integration |
interchange |
intercommunication |
intercourse |
interlinking |
intersection |
intimacy |
inventory |
joinder |
joining |
jointure |
junction |
juncture |
junta |
juxtaposition |
knotting |
L |
lane |
league |
liaison |
light railroad |
line |
link |
linkage |
linking |
main line |
make |
makeup |
marriage |
meeting |
meld |
melding |
merger |
merging |
metro |
mixture |
mobilization |
monorail |
muster |
mutual attraction |
nearness |
opening |
organization |
outlet |
overpass |
package |
package deal |
pairing |
parasitism |
pass |
passage |
passageway |
perigee |
perihelion |
piecing together |
portico |
prefixation |
propinquity |
proximity |
putting together |
rack railway |
rack-and-pinion railway |
rail |
rail line |
railroad |
railroad tunnel |
railway |
rapport |
reinforcement |
relatedness |
relation |
relations |
relationship |
roadbed |
roadway |
rodeo |
roundup |
saprophytism |
seam |
set |
setup |
shaping |
sidetrack |
siding |
similarity |
simultaneity |
solidification |
splice |
sticking |
street railway |
streetcar line |
structure |
structuring |
subway |
suffixation |
superaddition |
superfetation |
superjunction |
superposition |
supplementation |
survey |
switchback |
symbiosis |
sympathy |
synchronism |
syncretism |
syndication |
syneresis |
synergy |
synthesis |
syzygy |
terminal |
terminus |
tie |
tie-in |
tie-up |
track |
traject |
trajet |
tram |
tramline |
trestle |
trolley line |
trunk |
trunk line |
tube |
tunnel |
turnout |
underground |
underpass |
unification |
union |
united action |
uniting |
wedding |
yoking
See Also | anastomosis |
barrier strip |
carrefour |
circle |
connecter |
connection |
connection |
connection |
connective |
connector |
connexion |
connexion |
connexion |
contact |
crossing |
crossroad |
crossway |
esophagogastric junction |
geographic point |
geographical point |
inosculation |
interchange |
intersection |
joining |
joint |
junction barrier |
link |
oesophagogastric junction |
place |
p-n junction |
railway junction |
rotary |
roundabout |
splice |
splicing |
spot |
synapse |
tangency |
thermojunction |
T-junction |
topographic point |
traffic circle |
unification |
union
Junction In Webster's Dictionary
\Junc"tion\, n. [L. junctio, fr. jungere, junctum, to
join: cf. F. jonction. See {Join}.]
1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union;
combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or
detachments; the junction of paths.
2. The place or point of union, meeting, or junction;
specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway
meet or cross.
{Junction plate} (Boilers), a covering or break-join plate
riveted to and uniting the edges of sheets which make a
butt joint.
{Junction rails} (Railroads), the switch, or movable, rails,
connecting one line of track with another.
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