Noun: juncture júngk-chu(r)
- An event that occurs at a critical time
"at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave";
- occasion
- A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
"at that juncture he had no idea what to do";
- critical point, crossroads, climacteric
- The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
"At the juncture of the two rivers";
- articulation, join, joint, junction
Derived forms: junctures
Type of: connection, connexion [Brit], crisis, happening, link, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
Encyclopedia: Juncture