junction

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/

Noun

Japanese Meaning

合流点や交差点など、複数のものが接合・合流する場所 / 結合、連結状態、その行為や状態

What is this buttons?

The junction of the two rivers created a wide, marshy delta.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

二つの川の合流が広い湿地帯を作り出した。

Details

Sense（1）

The act of joining, or the state of being joined.

Sense（2）

A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.

Sense（3）

The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.

Sense（4）

(nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.

Sense（5）

(rail transport) A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.

In the mid-1930s, when Stalin was looking to make a statement with his new Metro, he consulted Underground engineers, who offered advice to the Russian Minister in charge of the Metro project, Nikita Khrushchev. He was severely told: 'Don't have a Circle Line - too many flat junctions.' Moscow did build a circle line, but with flying junctions, by which one track goes over another.

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