# junction

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/ · frequency rank #7,806

## Definitions
1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
2. A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
3. A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
4. The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
5. The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
6. A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
7. A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
8. In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.
9. electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.

## Etymology
From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion.

## Common misspellings (13)
`jjunction`, `jnuction`, `jucntion`, `juncction`, `junciton`, `juncsion`, `junctino`, `junctionn`, `junctoin`, `juncttion`, `junnction`, `juntcion`, `ujnction`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/junction