Junction



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 交叉路口; 连接
• ［英］ 交叉路口 ( place where roads or railway lines meet) 连接 ( instance of joining or being joined)
• ［记］ junct ( 连接) +ion -> 交会点

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Latin junction-, junctio, from jungere to join — more at yoke
• Date: 1711
• 1. an act of joining ; the state of being joined
• 2.
  • a. a place or point of meeting
  • b. an intersection of roads especially where one terminates
  • c. a point (as in a thermocouple) at which dissimilar metals make contact
  • d. an interface in a semiconductor device between regions with different electrical characteristics
• 3. something that joins
• ? junctional adjective

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