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English

Etymology

From

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-crux.ogg


Noun

  1. The basic, central, or critical point or feature.
  2. The hardest point of a climb.


Translations

Category:Climbing

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Latin

Noun

{{la-noun|crux|crucis|crucis|f|third}}

  1. A cross; specifically, a wooden frame on which criminals were hanged.


Related terms


da:crux de:crux el:crux fa:crux fr:crux gl:crux ko:crux io:crux ja:crux pt:crux ru:crux fi:crux sv:crux ta:crux vi:crux zh:crux

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Crux \Crux\ (kr[u^]ks), n.; pl. E. Cruxes (-[e^]z), L.
Cruces (kr[udd]"s[=e]z). [L., cross, torture, trouble.]
Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. --Dr.
Sheridan.
[1913 Webster]

The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists.
--Strauss.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet crux
n 1: a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere
in the Milky Way near Centaurus [syn: Southern Cross,
Crux Australis]
2: the most important point [syn: crux of the matter]
Moby Dictionary
Calvary cross , Chinese puzzle , Christogram , Gordian knot ,
Greek cross , Jerusalem cross , Latin cross , Maltese cross ,
Russian cross , T , X , ankh , avellan cross , baffling problem ,
bench mark , brain twister , cardinal point , catch , chi , chi-rho ,
chief thing , christcross , climax , core , cornerstone , crisis ,
crisscross , critical point , cross , cross ancre , cross botonee ,
cross bourdonee , cross fitche , cross fleury , cross formee ,
cross fourchee , cross grignolee , cross moline , cross of Cleves ,
cross of Lorraine , cross patee , cross recercelee , cross-crosslet ,
crossbones , crosslet , crossword puzzle , crucifix , cruciform ,
crux ansata , crux capitata , crux decussata , crux gammata ,
crux immissa , crux ordinaria , dagger , dilemma , enigma ,
enigmatic question , essence , essential , essential matter , ex ,
exing , floorer , fork cross , fundamental , gammadion , gist , gravamen ,
great point , heart , high point , hitch , important thing ,
inverted cross , issue , jigsaw puzzle , joker , kernel , keystone ,
knot , knotty point , landmark , long cross , main point , main thing ,
material point , matter , meat , milestone , mind-boggler , mystery ,
node , nodus , nonplus , nub , nut to crack , oxymoron , papal cross ,
paradox , pectoral cross , perplexed question , perplexity , pinch ,
pith , pivot , pons asinorum , poser , potent cross , problem , purport ,
puzzle , puzzlement , puzzler , quandary , question , question mark ,
real issue , rood , rub , salient point , saltire , sine qua non ,
sixty-four dollar question , snag , sticker , stumper , substance ,
substantive point , swastika , tau , teaser , the bottom line ,
the point , thrust , tough proposition , trefled cross , turning point ,
vexed question , voided cross , why


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