different between junction vs pisiform

English

Etymology

From Latin i?ncti? (“union, joining, uniting”), from iung? (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join +? -tion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???k??n/
• Rhymes: -??k??n

Noun

junction (plural junctions)

1. The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
2. A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
3. The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
4. (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
5. (rail transport) A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
6. (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.
7. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
8. (programming) In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.

Synonyms

• (place where two things meet): intersection

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Bengali: ???? (jô??ôn)
• ? Japanese: ???????

Translations

See also

• crossroad
• intersection

Verb

junction (third-person singular simple present junctions, present participle junctioning, simple past and past participle junctioned)

1. (of roads or tracks) To form a junction.

English

Etymology

Latin pisum (“pea”) +? -iform

Adjective

pisiform (comparative more pisiform, superlative most pisiform)

1. Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape

   a pisiform iron ore

Noun

pisiform (plural pisiforms)

1. A small bone in the wrist at the junction of the ulna and the carpus

Synonyms

• pisiform bone