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juncture
a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out. -
suture
Surgery. a joining of the lips or edges of a wound or the like by stitching or some similar process. a particular method of doing this. one of the stitches or fastenings employed. -
knee
Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg. -
splice
to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands. -
thermocouple
a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced. -
alveopalatal
articulated with the blade or front of the tongue approaching or touching the front of the hard palate near its junction with the alveolar ridge; having a primary palatal articulation and a secondary alveolar articulation.