"junction" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/ Audio: en-us-junction.ogg [US] Forms: junctions [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən Etymology: From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*yewg-}}, {{der|en|la|iūnctiō||union, joining, uniting}} Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), {{m|la|iungō||join, attach together}} iungō (“join, attach together”), {{suffix|en|join|tion}} join + -tion Head templates: {{en-noun}} junction (plural junctions)
  1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined. Translations (the act of joining): ἁρμογή (harmogḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), съединяване (sǎedinjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), свързване (svǎrzvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), samling [common-gender] (Danish), kobling [common-gender] (Danish), sammenkobling [common-gender] (Danish), samenkomst [feminine] (Dutch), samenvloeiing [feminine] (Dutch), aansluiting [feminine] (Dutch), liitos (Finnish), jonction [feminine] (French), zontadure [feminine] (Friulian), შეერთება (šeerteba) (Georgian), გაერთიანება (gaertianeba) (Georgian), Kreuzung [feminine] (German), ένωση (énosi) [feminine] (Greek), giunzione (Italian), giunto [masculine] (Italian), raccordo [masculine] (Italian), innesto [masculine] (Italian), 接合 (setsugō) (Japanese), iūnctiō [feminine] (Latin), junção [feminine] (Portuguese), joncțiune (Romanian), соедине́ние (sojedinénije) [neuter] (Russian), объедине́ние (obʺjedinénije) [neuter] (Russian), спо̑ј [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), spȏj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), unión (Spanish), makutano (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-junction-en-noun-YCVLE4f7 Disambiguation of 'the act of joining': 81 2 1 2 2 5 2 4 1
  2. A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet. Categories (topical): Roads Translations (a place where two things meet): հանգույց (hanguycʿ) (Armenian), qovşaq (Azerbaijani), съединение (sǎedinenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), křižovatka [feminine] (Czech), knudepunkt [neuter] (Danish), knooppunt n verbindingspunt [neuter] (Dutch), aansluiting [feminine] (Dutch), samenkomst [feminine] (Dutch), liitoskohta (Finnish), jonction [feminine] (French), შესართავი (šesartavi) (Georgian), შეერთების წერტილი (šeertebis c̣erṭili) (Georgian), Kreuzung [feminine] (German), Knotenpunkt [masculine] (German), צומת (tsomet) [masculine] (Hebrew), kereszteződés (Hungarian), acomhal [masculine] (Irish), incrocio [masculine] (Italian), giunto [masculine] (Italian), giunzione [feminine] (Italian), 合流点 (gōryūten) (Japanese), ジャンクション (jankushon) (Japanese), ambivium [neuter] (Latin), കവല (kavala) (Malayalam), pūruatanga (Maori), pūtahitanga (Maori), tūtakitanga (Maori), komititanga (Maori), knutepunkt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), knutepunkt [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), junção [feminine] (Portuguese), junta [feminine] (Portuguese), соедине́ние (sojedinénije) [neuter] (Russian), перекрёсток (perekrjóstok) [neuter] (Russian), juntura [feminine] (Spanish), entronque (note: of roads) [masculine] (Spanish), knutpunkt (Swedish), vägkors (Swedish), meske (Tocharian B), giao điểm (Vietnamese), cyffordd [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-junction-en-noun-oc~uGLng Disambiguation of Roads: 3 12 30 4 32 7 2 5 2 3 Disambiguation of 'a place where two things meet': 1 41 27 3 14 4 1 1 7
  3. (rail transport) A place where two or more railways or railroads meet. Categories (topical): Rail transportation, Roads
    Sense id: en-junction-en-noun-ZXHhYALC Disambiguation of Roads: 3 12 30 4 32 7 2 5 2 3 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
  4. The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals. Translations (the boundary between two materials): las [feminine] (Dutch), voeg [feminine] (Dutch), naad [feminine] (Dutch), Grenzzone [feminine] (German), 接点 (setten) (Japanese), for semiconductors 接合 (setsugō) (Japanese), соедине́ние (sojedinénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-junction-en-noun-vqwFtU9o Disambiguation of 'the boundary between two materials': 2 4 4 54 2 26 3 5 1
  5. (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream. Categories (topical): Nautical, Roads
    Sense id: en-junction-en-noun-yEpaId0F Disambiguation of Roads: 3 12 30 4 32 7 2 5 2 3 Topics: nautical, transport
  6. (radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts. Categories (topical): Radio, Television
    Sense id: en-junction-en-noun-sKmHrqt0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -tion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 0 4 5 12 35 13 17 5 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 1 6 5 11 32 13 15 8 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tion: 8 2 6 5 12 37 10 12 5 3 Topics: broadcasting, media, radio, television
  7. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-junction-en-noun-BajAvvWS Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  8. (programming) In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator. Categories (topical): Programming, Microsoft
    Sense id: en-junction-en-noun-m-hYALT~ Disambiguation of Microsoft: 3 2 2 3 3 7 21 52 2 3 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  9. (electronics) electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact. Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (electrical junction): sambungan (Indonesian), simpangan (Malay)
    Sense id: en-junction-en-noun-2IZwTQSA Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'electrical junction': 1 1 1 2 3 7 5 8 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: relation Hyponyms: hub, intersection, nerve center, nexus Related terms: crossroad, intersection, juncture, disjoin, disjointed, disjunctive, disjunctive normal form, dysjunctive, connection, link

Verb

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/ Audio: en-us-junction.ogg [US] Forms: junctions [present, singular, third-person], junctioning [participle, present], junctioned [participle, past], junctioned [past]
Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən Etymology: From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*yewg-}}, {{der|en|la|iūnctiō||union, joining, uniting}} Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), {{m|la|iungō||join, attach together}} iungō (“join, attach together”), {{suffix|en|join|tion}} join + -tion Head templates: {{en-verb}} junction (third-person singular simple present junctions, present participle junctioning, simple past and past participle junctioned)
  1. (of roads or tracks) To form a junction.
    Sense id: en-junction-en-verb-SApn9CwH

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "Grand Junction"
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      "word": "junction nevus"
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      "word": "junction transistor"
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      "word": "level junction"
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      "word": "Lostock Junction"
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      "word": "Monmouth Junction"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "neuromuscular junction"
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      "word": "Princeton Junction"
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      "word": "Seaton Junction"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Severn Tunnel Junction"
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          "sense": "the act of joining",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "the act of joining",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "the act of joining",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "the act of joining",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zontadure"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šeerteba",
          "sense": "the act of joining",
          "word": "შეერთება"
        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gaertianeba",
          "sense": "the act of joining",
          "word": "გაერთიანება"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the act of joining",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kreuzung"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "énosi",
          "sense": "the act of joining",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ένωση"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "harmogḗ",
          "sense": "the act of joining",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ἁρμογή"
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        {
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      "word": "combination"
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      "word": "composite"
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      "word": "conjunction"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:junction",
      "word": "fusion"
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      "word": "melding"
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      "word": "merger"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:junction",
      "word": "unification"
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      "word": "union"
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      "word": "unity"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎedinjavane",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "съединяване"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svǎrzvane",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "свързване"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "samling"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kobling"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sammenkobling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samenkomst"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samenvloeiing"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aansluiting"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "word": "liitos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jonction"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zontadure"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šeerteba",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "word": "შეერთება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gaertianeba",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "word": "გაერთიანება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kreuzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "énosi",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ένωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "harmogḗ",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἁρμογή"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "word": "giunzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "giunto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "raccordo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "innesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "setsugō",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "word": "接合"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iūnctiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "junção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "word": "joncțiune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sojedinénije",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "соедине́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obʺjedinénije",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "объедине́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спо̑ј"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spȏj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "word": "unión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the act of joining",
      "word": "makutano"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hanguycʿ",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "հանգույց"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "qovşaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎedinenie",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "съединение"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "křižovatka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "knudepunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "knooppunt n verbindingspunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aansluiting"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samenkomst"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "liitoskohta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jonction"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šesartavi",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "შესართავი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šeertebis c̣erṭili",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "შეერთების წერტილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kreuzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Knotenpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsomet",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "צומת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "kereszteződés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acomhal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incrocio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "giunto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "giunzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gōryūten",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "合流点"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jankushon",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "ジャンクション"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ambivium"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kavala",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "കവല"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "pūruatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "pūtahitanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "tūtakitanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "komititanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "knutepunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "knutepunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "junção"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "junta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sojedinénije",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "соедине́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perekrjóstok",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "перекрёсток"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "juntura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "of roads",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "entronque"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "knutpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "vägkors"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "meske"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "word": "giao điểm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a place where two things meet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cyffordd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the boundary between two materials",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "las"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the boundary between two materials",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voeg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the boundary between two materials",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "naad"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the boundary between two materials",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grenzzone"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "setten",
      "sense": "the boundary between two materials",
      "word": "接点"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "setsugō",
      "sense": "the boundary between two materials",
      "word": "for semiconductors 接合"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sojedinénije",
      "sense": "the boundary between two materials",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "соедине́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "electrical junction",
      "word": "sambungan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "electrical junction",
      "word": "simpangan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "junction"
  ],
  "word": "junction"
}

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