junction

noun

intersection point of two transportation routes
Place at which two or more rail routes converge or diverge
location where traffic can change between different routes, directions, or sometimes modes, of travel
the act of joining/intersecting

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/

Etymology: From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion.

The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
“Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas.”
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.”
“In the mid-1930s, when Stalin was looking to make a statement with his new Metro, he consulted Underground engineers, who offered advice to the Russian Minister in charge of the Metro project, Nikita Khrushchev. He was severely told: 'Don't have a Circle Line - too many flat junctions.' Moscow did build a circle line, but with flying junctions, by which one track goes over another.”
The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
“Even rolling news has junctions to meet - headlines on the hour or half-hour, or links to live events, for example.”
“Try to avoid becoming too predictable or repetitive, particularly at regular junctions.”
A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.
electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.

Etymology: From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion.