junction
noun
junc·tion
ˈjəŋ(k)-shən 
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 in a thermocouple) at which dissimilar metals make contact
d
: an interface in a semiconductor device between regions with different electrical characteristics
3
: something that joins
junctional
adjective
ˈjəŋ(k)-sh(ə-)nəl
Examples of junction in a Sentence
a junction of nerves and muscle
the junction of Route 12 and Route 87
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Also on Sunday, 12 people were killed and dozens injured when an Israeli airstrike targeted a crowded junction in central Gaza, according to the Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex.
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
This phase will include replacing a two-track corridor with a modern four-track system across the Washington Channel and into the L'Enfant rail junction.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
But also probing critical infrastructure and power junctions and stuff like that.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 July 2025
The span to be closed from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. those days runs between the ramps to and from Columbia Parkway, near Woodland Road, to the light at the junction of Wooster Pike/Wooster Road near the Red Bank office of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
This phase will include replacing a two-track corridor with a modern four-track system across the Washington Channel and into the L'Enfant rail junction.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
But also probing critical infrastructure and power junctions and stuff like that.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 July 2025
The span to be closed from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. those days runs between the ramps to and from Columbia Parkway, near Woodland Road, to the light at the junction of Wooster Pike/Wooster Road near the Red Bank office of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Junction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junction. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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junction
noun
junc·tion
ˈjəŋ(k)-shən
1
: an act of joining : the state of being joined
2
: a place or point of meeting
a railroad junction
Medical Definition
junction
noun
junc·tion
ˈjəŋ(k)-shən
: a place or point of meeting
the structure of the synaptic junction as revealed by electron microscopy
see neuromuscular junction
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