junction

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of joining, or the state of being joined.

   Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas.

2. 2
   noun

   A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.

   Turn left at the next road junction.

3. 3
   noun

   A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.

   The two rail lines meet at a major junction.

4. 4
   noun

   A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.

   Even rolling news has junctions to meet - headlines on the hour or half-hour, or links to live events, for example.

5. 5
   verb

   To form a junction.

   critical junction

6. 6
   noun

   an act of joining or adjoining things

7. 7
   noun

   the place where two or more things come together

8. 8
   noun

   something that joins or connects

Etymology

From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion.