junction
/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.94 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
noun
The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
noun
The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
noun
A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
noun
A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
noun
In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.
Example Sentences
- "Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas."
- "Turn left at the next road junction."
- "The two rail lines meet at a major junction."
- "In the mid-1930s, when Stalin was looking to make a statement with his new Metro, he consulted Underground engineers, who offered advice to the Russian Minister in charge of the Metro project, Nikita Khrushchev. He was severely told: 'Don't have a Circle Line - too many flat junctions.' Moscow did build a circle line, but with flying junctions, by which one track goes over another."
- "Even rolling news has junctions to meet - headlines on the hour or half-hour, or links to live events, for example."
- "Try to avoid becoming too predictable or repetitive, particularly at regular junctions."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin