All 3 Uses of
junction
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Gone with the Wind
- From the same junction point, the young Atlanta, a fourth railroad was constructed southwestward to Montgomery and Mobile.†
Chpt 2.8 *junction = a place where things come together
- Restless, energetic people from the older sections of Georgia and from more distant states were drawn to this town that sprawled itself around the junction of the railroads in its center.†
Chpt 2.8
- And in Atlanta was the junction of the four railroads on which the very life of the Confederacy depended.†
Chpt 3.17
Definitions:
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(junction) a place where two or more things come together
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A comprehensive dictionary will also describe specialized meanings in electronics and physics.