junction

交差点、接合点

道路や小道などが交わったり、つながったりする場所。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： junction of A and B (The shop is at the junction of Oak Street and Pine Street.)

類義語： intersection, crossroads

よく使う表現： road junction, railway junction, junction of something

結合、接合

ものをつなぎ合わせること、またはつながった状態。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： junction of A and B (The design depends on the junction of two separate sections.)

類義語： joining, union

反対語： separation

よく使う表現： junction of something, junction between things

合流する、接続する

同じ場所で合流したり、つながったりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： junction with something (The branch line junctions with the main railway here.)

類義語： join, connect

よく使う表現： junction with something, junction at something