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Meaning of juncture

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  juncture
      n 1: an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures
           he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on
           special occasions" [syn: {juncture}, {occasion}]
      2: a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision
         must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do";
         "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a
         critical point" [syn: {juncture}, {critical point},
         {crossroads}]
      3: the shape or manner in which things come together and a
         connection is made [syn: {articulation}, {join}, {joint},
         {juncture}, {junction}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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