noun
( -s )
Etymology: from gerund of join (I)
1.
a. : the act or an instance of joining one thing to another
an easy joining is always possible — L.A.Leslie
b. : the condition or fact of being joined together : juncture
apt to name each separate confluence with its own name, since their later joinings are unknown to him — A.A.Hill
2.
a. : the place or manner of being joined together : join , joint
the joining is hardly visible
b. : something that joins two things together
3. : the practice of joining many organizations
used to be the fashion to decry all forms of American joining — W.S.Lynch