Synonyms for junctions


Grammar : Noun
Spell : juhngk-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒʌŋk ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for junctions Other synonyms for the word junctions

Définition of junctions

Origin :
  • 1711, "act of joining," from Latin iunctionem (nominative iunctio), noun of action from past participle stem of iungere "to join together" (see jugular). Meaning "place where things meet" first attested 1836, American English, originally in reference to railroad tracks.
  • noun link, connection
  • noun connection
Example sentences :
  • Not more than 4,000 of these are junctions of two or more roads.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • When the temperatures of the two junctions are the same, the system is in equilibrium.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • At the junctions of the ribs are elaborate bosses of foliage.
  • Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lincoln » by A. F. Kendrick
  • It is at these junctions that the wonder of life is most evident.
  • Extract from : « The Open Air » by Richard Jefferies
  • Hence it was clear that energy must be obtained elsewhere than at the junctions.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kelvin » by Andrew Gray
  • The junctions known as square junctions should be avoided, as they are always sure to become blocked up.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • But enough of venae profundae, their junctions and divisions.
  • Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
  • This is thoroughly packed at the junctions of the parts to prevent the escape of steam or vapor.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products » by F. B. Wright
  • Of junctions and mushroom towns we have a sufficiency, but of surviving sweet old country townlets very few.
  • Extract from : « The Brighton Road » by Charles G. Harper
  • In the figure the junctions at the front of the lens are represented by continuous lines and those at the back by dots.
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Light and Sight » by Shelford Bidwell

Antonyms for junctions

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