junction vs synthesis

junction

noun
  • The act of joining, or the state of being joined. 

  • A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts. 

  • A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet. 

  • A place where two or more railways or railroads meet. 

  • The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals. 

  • The place where a distributary departs from the main stream. 

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

  • electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact. 

  • A kind of symbolic link to a directory. 

verb
  • To form a junction. 

synthesis

noun
  • The uniting of ideas into a sentence. 

  • The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds. 

  • The combination of thesis and antithesis. 

  • The reunion of parts that have been divided. 

  • An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony. 

  • Creation of a complex waveform by summation of simpler waveforms. 

  • The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things. 

  • A deduction from the general to the particular. 

  • In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation. 

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