junction
The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
Example
“Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas.”
Other meanings
A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
“Turn left at the next road junction.”
A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
“The two rail lines meet at a major junction.”
A kind of
- place
Kinds of junction
- crossing
- railway junction
- traffic circle
Word history
From Latin "iūnctiō" (union, joining, uniting).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “junction” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.