junction

1. (rail transport) A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.Examples: "In the mid-1930s, when Stalin was looking to make a statement with his new Metro, he consulted Underground engineers, who offered advice to the Russian Minister in charge of the Metro project, Nikita Khrushchev. He was severely told: 'Don't have a Circle Line - too many flat junctions.' Moscow did build a circle line, but with flying junctions, by which one track goes over another."

2. (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.

3. (radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.Examples: "Even rolling news has junctions to meet - headlines on the hour or half-hour, or links to live events, for example."; "Try to avoid becoming too predictable or repetitive, particularly at regular junctions."

4. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.

5. (programming) In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.

6. (electronics) electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.