Noun

(en noun)

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

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

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

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

(radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.

* 2007 , Gary Hudson, ?Sarah Rowlands, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook (page 336)

Even rolling news has junctions to meet - headlines on the hour or half-hour, or links to live events, for example.

* 2010 , Peter Stewart, Essential Radio Skills: How to Present a Radio Show

Try to avoid becoming too predictable or repetitive, particularly at regular junctions .

(computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of associating.

The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

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(statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).

A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.