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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