junction
junction is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The place or point of union, meeting, or junction; specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway meet or cross. 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absorb
- absorption
- accession
- accompaniment
- accrue
- add
- addition
- adjection
- advene
- affix
- alloy
- amalgam
- amalgamate
- amalgamation
- annex
- annexation
- append
- augment
- become
- blend
- blending
- cement
- centralization
- centralize
- clap
- coalesce
- coalescence
- combination
- combine
- combined
- composition
- compound
- consolidate
- crasis
- embodiment
- embody
- fuse
- fusion
- impregnate
- impregnation
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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