| NOUN | artifact | junction | the place where two or more things come together |
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| state | junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation | the state of being joined together | |
| shape | junction, articulation, join, joint, juncture | the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | |
| artifact | junction, conjunction | something that joins or connects | |
| act | junction, adjunction | an act of joining or adjoining things |
| Sounds | jhah'ngkshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The place where two or more things come together. | |
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| Narrower | T-junction | A junction where two roads or pipes etc. meet / meet to form a T |
| interchange | A junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams | |
| intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour | A junction where one street or road crosses another | |
| railway junction | A junction where two or more railway lines meet / meet or cross | |
| traffic circle, circle, rotary, roundabout | A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island | |
| Broader | topographic point, place, spot | A point located with respect to surface features of some region |
| Spanish | confluencia | |
| Meaning | The state of being joined together. | |
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| Synonyms | conjunction, conjugation, colligation | |
| Narrower | anastomosis, inosculation | A natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous |
| synapse | The junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle | |
| Broader | union, unification | The state of being joined or united or linked |
| Spanish | conjunción, unión | |
| Catalan | conjunció | |
| Meaning | The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made. | |
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| Synonyms | articulation, join, joint, juncture | |
| Narrower | esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction | The junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium |
| Broader | connection, connexion, link | A connecting shape |
| Spanish | articulación, juntura, unión | |
| Catalan | articulació, unió | |
| Meaning | Something that joins or connects. | |
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| Synonym | conjunction | |
| Narrower | contact, tangency | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors / conductors) touch or are in physical contact |
| joint | junction by which parts or objects are joined together | |
| junction barrier, barrier strip | A junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs | |
| splice, splicing | A junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together | |
| thermojunction | A junction between two dissimilar / dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears | |
| Broader | connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective | An instrumentality that connects |
| Spanish | conjunción | |
| Catalan | conjunció | |
| Meaning | An act of joining or adjoining things. | |
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| Synonym | adjunction | |
| Broader | joining, connection, connexion | The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) |
| Spanish | adjunción, agregación, anexión | |
| Catalan | agregació, annexió | |
| Verbs | join | cause to become joined / joined or linked |
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