Meaning & use
Junctions
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Points where two or more things, especially roads, railway lines, or systems, meet or join.
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Traffic backed up for miles at the motorway junctions.
Signal failures at several junctions delayed the trains all morning.
A note on using this word
In electronics, a 'junction' also refers to the boundary between two different materials in a semiconductor device.
Words with a similar meaning
intersectionscrossroads
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