JUNCTION


Meaning of JUNCTION in English

n. 1 a point at which two or more things are joined. 2 a place where two or more railway lines or roads meet, unite, or cross. 3 the act or an instance of joining. 4 Electronics a region of transition in a semiconductor between regions where conduction is mainly by electrons and regions where it is mainly by holes. junction box a box containing a junction of electric cables etc.

[ L junctio (as JOIN) ]

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