junction
Where roads converge
Junction is a point where things meet, connect, or cross—especially roads, railway lines, or rivers: Take the highway to the next junction.
In anatomy, it's where tissues or structures join: the neuromuscular junction.
The word emphasizes the meeting point itself rather than the paths that converge there.
Process of approaching sameness
- unionJoining into one
- mergingBlending into one
- joiningLinking into one
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
nexus · conflux · meeting · crossing · blend · fusion · connection · linkage
Point where paths meet
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- overpassBridge spanning a road
- underpassRoad passing below another
- cloverleafLooped highway junction
interchange · roundabout · flyover · four-way · merge · exit · ramp · turning
Meeting of routes
- forkTined eating tool
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
- branchingSplitting into separate directions
- pathwayDesignated route for travel
At the endpoint
- connectionA joining or relation
- diodeOne-way semiconductor
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
- semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
anode · cathode · circuit · splice · crimp · lug · contact · electrode
Nerve signal crossing point
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
- neuromuscularNerve-to-muscle signaling
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- receptorSignal-receiving molecule
convergence
Process of approaching sameness
intersection · nexus · conflux · meeting · crossing · blend · fusion · connection · linkage · node
intersection
Point where paths meet
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- overpassBridge spanning a road
- underpassRoad passing below another
cloverleaf · interchange · roundabout · flyover · four-way · merge · exit · ramp · turning · fork
crossroads
Meeting of routes
- forkTined eating tool
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
- branchingSplitting into separate directions
terminal
At the endpoint
- connectionA joining or relation
- diodeOne-way semiconductor
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
semiconductor · anode · cathode · circuit · splice · crimp · lug · contact · electrode · interconnect
synapse
Nerve signal crossing point
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
- neuromuscularNerve-to-muscle signaling
- membraneThin tissue sheet
receptor · axon · dendrite · node · plexus · ganglion · intercellular
station
Fixed stopping point
- platformRaised flat structure
- terminusFinal destination point
- switchyardRail sorting facility
siding · points · halt · depot · shunting · mainline · interchange · concourse · railhead
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
- traveltrip, trips, journey, journeys, travel
- junctionsintersection, crossroads, node, nexus, confluence
- transport hubsairports, airport, seaports, seaport, train station
- crossingspedestrian crossing, cross, railroad crossing, river crossing, border crossing
- convergenceconfluence, meeting, intersection, joining, merger
junctionseparation
State of being apart
disconnection · disjunction · division · severance · split
junctiondead end
Passage without outlet
terminus · cul-de-sac · endpoint · impasse · blind alley
- railroad junctionWhere train lines converge
- junction boxEnclosed wire meeting point
- railway junctionPoint where tracks connect
- junction boxesProtective housings for wire splices
- road junctionWhere routes intersect
- highway junctionRoad network convergence point
conjunction, injunction, junctions, disjunctive, conjunctive, junction box, junction boxes