Juncture

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of joining or the condition of being joined.
  • noun. A place where two things are joined; a junction or joint.
  • noun. A point in time, especially one requiring a decision to be made.
  • noun. The transition or mode of transition from one sound to another in speech.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In geometry, either the instantaneous union of a collection of objects which are just moving in coincidence of place, thereafter to be for some lapse of time one object, or the instantaneous loss of one or more dimensions by the gradual shrinkage of a body, this smaller dimensionality lasting through a period of time.
  • noun. A joining; junction.
  • noun. The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint or articulation; a seam.
  • noun. A point of time; particularly, a time rendered critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances; a conjuncture.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A joining; a union; an alliance.
  • noun. The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam.
  • noun. A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an exigency.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a place where things join, a junction
  • noun. a critical moment in time
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
  • noun. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
  • noun. an event that occurs at a critical time
  • Word Usage
    "[Warburton explained this as "the critical juncture"] How the _critical juncture_ is the _spy o 'the time_ I know not, but I think my own conjecture right."
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