junction

carrefour, jonction

Endroit où des routes, des chemins ou d’autres éléments semblables se rejoignent.

En anglais simple : A place where roads, paths, or other similar things meet.

• Turn left at the next junction.
• Several railway lines meet at this junction.
• Traffic was slow near the motorway junction.

Comment l'utiliser : junction of A and B (The shop is at the junction of Oak Street and Pine Street.)

Synonymes : intersection, crossroads

Expressions courantes : road junction, railway junction, junction of something

jonction, union

Fait de réunir des choses, ou état de ces choses une fois réunies.

En anglais simple : The act of joining things together, or their condition after they have been joined.

• The junction of the two parts strengthened the frame.
• This junction of ideas led to a new approach.
• They studied the junction between the tissues.

Comment l'utiliser : junction of A and B (The design depends on the junction of two separate sections.)

Synonymes : joining, union

Contraires : separation

Expressions courantes : junction of something, junction between things

se rejoindre

Se rencontrer ou se relier en un point commun.

En anglais simple : To meet or connect at a shared point.

• The two tracks junction near the station.
• These pipes junction with the main supply line.
• The channels junctioned below the bridge.

Comment l'utiliser : junction with something (The branch line junctions with the main railway here.)

Synonymes : join, connect

Expressions courantes : junction with something, junction at something