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Junction

The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.

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Narrower term 16

Anastomosis 76% connected

The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.

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Circle 76% connected

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the ce…

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Crossing 76% connected

of Cross

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Crossroad 76% connected

A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.

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Crossway 76% connected

See Crossroad.

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Inosculation 76% connected

The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosi…

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Interchange 76% connected

To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly…

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Intersection 76% connected

The act, state, or place of intersecting.

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Joint 76% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Rotary 76% connected

Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion.

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Roundabout 76% connected

Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.

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Splice 76% connected

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an en…

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Splicing 76% connected

of Splice

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synapse 76% connected

The junction through which a neuron communicates with another cell.

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Tangency 76% connected

The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connective 76% connected

Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

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Connector 76% connected

One who, or that which, connects

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Connexion 76% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Joining 76% connected

of Join

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Link 76% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Spot 76% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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Unification 76% connected

The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

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Union 76% connected

The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

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Link 74% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Link 74% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Touch 74% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Touch 74% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Adjunction 92% connected

The act of joining; the thing joined or added.

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Articulation 92% connected

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

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Colligation 92% connected

A binding together.

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Conjugation 92% connected

the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.

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Conjunction 92% connected

The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

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Join 92% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Joint 92% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Juncture 92% connected

A joining; a union; an alliance.

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