crux
see also: Crux
Pronunciation
Crux
Proper noun
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see also: Crux
Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /kɹʌks/
crux (plural cruxes or cruces)
- The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
- Synonyms: core, gist, Thesaurus:gist
- The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.
- The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
- 1993, Laurence M. Porter, "Real Dreams, Literary Dreams, and the Fantastic in Literature", pages 32-47 in Carol Schreier Rupprecht (ed.) The Dream and the Text: Essays on Literature and Language.
- The mad certitude of the ogre, Abel Tiffauges, that he stands at the crux of history and that he will be able to raise Prussia "to a higher power" (p. 180), contrasts sharply with the anxiety and doubt attendant upon most modern literary dreams.
- 1993, Laurence M. Porter, "Real Dreams, Literary Dreams, and the Fantastic in Literature", pages 32-47 in Carol Schreier Rupprecht (ed.) The Dream and the Text: Essays on Literature and Language.
- A puzzle or difficulty.
- quote en
- (climbing) The hardest point of a climb.
- 1907, The Alpine Journal, vol. 23.
- the real crux of the climb was encountered
- 1973, Pat Armstrong, "Klondike Fever: Seventy Years Too Late", in Backpacker, Autumn 1973, page 84:
- The final half-mile was the crux of the climb.
- 2004, Craig Luebben, Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills, The Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9780898867435, page 179 ↗:
- Most pitches have a distinct crux, or tough spot; some have multiple cruxes. […] ¶ Climb efficiently on the "cruiser" sections to stay fresh for the cruxes.
- 2009, R. J. Secor, The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails, Third Edition, The Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9780898869712, page 51 ↗:
- Continue climbing the groove; the crux is passing some vegetation on the second pitch.
- 1907, The Alpine Journal, vol. 23.
- (heraldiccharge) A cross on a coat of arms.
- German: Kern (-punkt)
- Italian: punto cruciale
- Portuguese: ponto crucial
- Russian: основной
- Spanish: punto crucial, punto esencial
- Portuguese: momento decisivo
- German: Crux, Knackpunkt
- Spanish: busilis
Crux
Proper noun
- (constellation) A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.
- French: Croix du Sud
- German: Kreuz des Südens
- Italian: Croce del Sud
- Portuguese: Cruzeiro do Sul
- Russian: Южный Крест
- Spanish: Crux
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