Junction

  • 21junction — [[t]ʤʌ̱ŋkʃ(ə)n[/t]] junctions N COUNT: oft in names A junction is a place where roads or railway lines join. [BRIT] Follow the road to a junction and turn left... Leave the M1 at junction 25... There s a good British Rail link at Clapham Junction …

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  • 22junction */*/ — UK [ˈdʒʌŋkʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms junction : singular junction plural junctions British a place where one road crosses or joins another. The usual American word is intersection the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street a) a… …

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  • 23junction — The point, line, or surface of union of two parts, mainly bones or cartilages. SYN: juncture. SYN: junctura (2) [TA], junctio. adhering junctions intercellular junctions, including zonulae adherentes, hemidesmosomes, and desmosomes, that… …

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  • 24junction — noun 1) the junction between the roof and the wall Syn: joint, intersection, join, bond, seam, connection, juncture; Anatomy commissure 2) the junction of the two rivers Syn: confluence, convergence, meeting point …

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  • 25junction — junc•tion [[t]ˈdʒʌŋk ʃən[/t]] n. 1) an act of joining or the state of being joined 2) a place or point where two or more things meet, converge, or are joined 3) rai a place or station where railroad lines meet, cross, or diverge 4) trs an… …

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  • 26Junction — 1 Original name in latin Junction Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Chicago longitude 30.48936 latitude 99.77201 altitude 522 Population 2574 Date 2011 05 14 2 Original name in latin Junction Name in other language State …

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  • 27junction — junc|tion S3 [ˈdʒʌŋkʃən] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Latin; Origin: junctio, from jungere; JOIN] a place where one road, track etc joins another = ↑intersection ▪ the junction of Abbot Road and Mill Street ▪ Junction 5 on the M40 …

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  • 28junction — junc|tion [ dʒʌŋkʃən ] noun count ** a place where two or more highways, railroad lines, or rivers join together: There s an accident at the junction of the Ventura and San Diego Freeways. ancient cities built at the junction of two important… …

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  • 29junction — n. 1 a point at which two or more things are joined. 2 a place where two or more railway lines or roads meet, unite, or cross. 3 the act or an instance of joining. 4 Electronics a region of transition in a semiconductor between regions where… …

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  • 30junction — noun Etymology: Latin junction , junctio, from jungere to join more at yoke Date: 1711 1. an act of joining ; the state of being joined 2. a. a place or point of meeting b. an intersection of roads especially where one terminates c. a point (as… …

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