junction

1. The place where two or more things come together (synset 103610935)
   is a type of: place, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region
   subtypes:

   • interchange - a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
   • carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection - a junction where one street or road crosses another
   • railway junction - a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross
   • t-junction - a junction where two roads or pipes etc. meet to form a T
   • circle, rotary, roundabout, traffic circle - a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
2. The state of being joined together (synset 114444358)
   is a type of: unification, union - the state of being joined or united or linked
   subtypes:

   • anastomosis, inosculation - a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
   • synapse - the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
   same as: colligation, conjugation, conjunction
3. The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made (synset 113934166)
   is a type of: connection, connexion, link - a connecting shape
   subtypes: esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction - the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium
   same as: articulation, join, joint, juncture
4. Something that joins or connects (synset 103611128)
   is a type of: connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion - an instrumentality that connects
   subtypes:

   • contact, tangency - (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
   • joint - junction by which parts or objects are joined together
   • barrier strip, junction barrier - a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs
   • splice, splicing - a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together
   • thermojunction - a junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears
   same as: conjunction
5. An act of joining or adjoining things (synset 100148274)
   is a type of: connection, connexion, joining - the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
   same as: adjunction

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