Definition of "junction" in English

noun

1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined.

   • Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas.

2. A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.

   • Turn left at the next road junction.

3. (rail transport) A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.

   • The two rail lines meet at a major junction.

4. The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.

5. (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.

6. (radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.

7. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.

8. (programming) In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.

9. (electronics) electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.

verb

1. To form a junction.

   • critical junction
   • symbolic junction
   • The company is at a critical junction in its development.