[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

junction \junc"tion\, n. l. junctio, fr. jungere, junctum, to
   join: cf. f. jonction. see join.
   1913 webster
   1. the act of joining, or the state of being joined; union;
      combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or
      detachments; the junction of paths.
      1913 webster

   2. the place or point of union, meeting, or junction;
      specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway
      meet or cross.
      1913 webster

   junction plate boilers, a covering or break-join plate
      riveted to and uniting the edges of sheets which make a
      butt joint.

   junction rails railroads, the switch, or movable, rails,
      connecting one line of track with another.
      1913 webster
see also:
join junction plate junction rails 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

junction
     n 1: the place where two or more things come together
     2: the state of being joined together syn: conjunction, conjugation,
         colligation
     3: the shape or manner in which things come together and a
        connection is made syn: articulation, join, joint,
        juncture
     4: something that joins or connects syn: conjunction
     5: an act of joining or adjoining things syn: adjunction
see also:
conjunction conjugation colligation articulation join joint 
juncture adjunction 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

310 moby thesaurus words for "junction":
   anschluss, l, abutment, abuttal, access, accession, accompaniment,
   accord, accordance, accretion, addition, adherence, adhesion,
   adjacency, adjoiningness, adjunct, adjunction, affairs,
   affiliation, affinity, affixation, agglomeration, agglutination,
   aggregation, agreement, aisle, alley, alliance, amalgamation,
   ambulatory, annexation, aperture, apposition, approximation,
   appulse, arcade, artery, articulation, assemblage, assembly,
   assimilation, association, attachment, augmentation, avenue, blend,
   blending, bond, bracketing, branch, building, buildup, cabal,
   cable railway, cahoots, call-up, canvass, cartel, census,
   centralization, channel, cling, clinging, cloister, closeness,
   clotting, clustering, co-working, coaction, coagulation,
   coalescence, coalition, cog railway, coherence, cohesion,
   cohesiveness, coincidence, collaboration, collection, collectivity,
   colligation, collocation, collusion, colonnade, combination,
   combine, combined effort, combo, communication, compaction,
   comparison, composition, compound, concatenation, concert,
   concerted action, concomitance, concordance, concourse, concretion,
   concurrence, condensation, conduit, confederacy, confederation,
   confluence, conflux, congealment, congelation, congeries,
   conglobation, conglomeration, congregation, conjoining,
   conjugation, conjunction, connectedness, connection, consilience,
   consolidation, conspiracy, constitution, construction,
   conterminousness, contiguity, contrariety, convergence,
   cooperation, copulation, corralling, correspondence, corridor,
   coterminousness, coupling, covered way, crossroads, data-gathering,
   dealings, deduction, defile, disjunction, ecumenism, el,
   electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, embankment,
   embodiment, encompassment, enosis, exit, fabrication, fashioning,
   federalization, federation, feeder, feeder line, ferry, filiation,
   ford, formation, fusion, gallery, gathering, getup,
   gravity-operated railway, homology, hookup, horse railway,
   inclusion, incorporation, increase, ingathering, inlet,
   inseparability, integration, interchange, intercommunication,
   intercourse, interlinking, intersection, intimacy, inventory,
   joinder, joining, jointure, junction, juncture, junta,
   juxtaposition, knotting, lane, league, liaison, light railroad,
   line, link, linkage, linking, main line, make, makeup, marriage,
   meeting, meld, melding, merger, merging, metro, mixture,
   mobilization, monorail, muster, mutual attraction, nearness,
   opening, organization, outlet, overpass, package, package deal,
   pairing, parasitism, pass, passage, passageway, perigee,
   perihelion, piecing together, portico, prefixation, propinquity,
   proximity, putting together, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway,
   rail, rail line, railroad, railroad tunnel, railway, rapport,
   reinforcement, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship,
   roadbed, roadway, rodeo, roundup, saprophytism, seam, set, setup,
   shaping, sidetrack, siding, similarity, simultaneity,
   solidification, splice, sticking, street railway, streetcar line,
   structure, structuring, subway, suffixation, superaddition,
   superfetation, superjunction, superposition, supplementation,
   survey, switchback, symbiosis, sympathy, synchronism, syncretism,
   syndication, syneresis, synergy, synthesis, syzygy, terminal,
   terminus, tie, tie-in, tie-up, track, traject, trajet, tram,
   tramline, trestle, trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, tunnel,
   turnout, underground, underpass, unification, union, united action,
   uniting, wedding, yoking

[4] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

junction, il village, fips 38778
  location: 37.72296 n, 88.23779 w
  population 1990: 201 84 housing units
  area: 2.3 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 62954
junction, tx city, fips 38248
  location: 30.48958 n, 99.77099 w
  population 1990: 2654 1247 housing units
  area: 5.9 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 76849
junction, ut town, fips 39590
  location: 38.23837 n, 112.22406 w
  population 1990: 132 108 housing units
  area: 37.2 sq km land, 1.5 sq km water
junction, wv
  zip codes: 26824

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

junction, il -- u.s. village in illinois
   population 2000:    139
   housing units 2000: 75
   land area 2000:     0.887141 sq. miles 2.297684 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.887141 sq. miles 2.297684 sq. km
   fips code:            38778
   located within:       illinois il, fips 17
   location:             37.722726 n, 88.237973 w
   zip codes 1990:     62954
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    junction, il
    junction

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

junction, tx -- u.s. city in texas
   population 2000:    2618
   housing units 2000: 1222
   land area 2000:     2.286429 sq. miles 5.921824 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.006923 sq. miles 0.017931 sq. km
   total area 2000:    2.293352 sq. miles 5.939755 sq. km
   fips code:            38248
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             30.489772 n, 99.771335 w
   zip codes 1990:     76849
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    junction, tx
    junction

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

junction, ut -- u.s. town in utah
   population 2000:    177
   housing units 2000: 104
   land area 2000:     14.380676 sq. miles 37.245777 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.579905 sq. miles 1.501948 sq. km
   total area 2000:    14.960581 sq. miles 38.747725 sq. km
   fips code:            39590
   located within:       utah ut, fips 49
   location:             38.236403 n, 112.222961 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    junction, ut
    junction

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