junction

 
Pronunciation: /ˈdʒʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/

noun

  • 1a point where two or more things are joined: the junction of the two rivers
  • a place where two or more roads or railway lines meet: the junction of Queen’s Road and Lancaster Avenue [with modifier]: accidents happen at road junctions
  • 2 Electronics a region of transition in a semiconductor between a part where conduction is mainly by electrons and a part where it is mainly by holes.
  • 3 [mass noun] the action or fact of joining or being joined: the vena cava is formed by the junction of three veins the junction of two roundels produces a triangular space

Origin:

early 18th century (in junction (sense 3)): from Latin junctio(n-), from jungere 'to join'