as in junction
a place where two or more things are united
every jointure in the roof of the harbor tunnel shows signs of leakage
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Recent Examples of jointure
To see the feeble jointure of his hip and his paunch.
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Katherine Dunn, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020
Katherine Dunn, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jointure
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Creating reliable molecular junctions at the nanometer scale Building molecular junctions requires electrodes spaced less than 3 nanometers apart.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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Astrocytes, which outnumber neurons in many brain regions, have complex and varied shapes, and sometimes tendrils, that can envelop hundreds of thousands or millions of synapses, the junctions where neurons exchange molecular signals.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026
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Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body and plays a central role in maintaining the structure and elasticity of skin, as well as the health of joints and connective tissue.—
LeeAnn Weintraub,
Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The lowest layer controls the robot’s joints.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Jointure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jointure. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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