juncture – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
juncture
n.
period, stage, interval, determining hour; crisis, breaking point; place where two things meet and join, joint, hinge, seam; joining, union, connection
Juncture
Juncture, in
linguistics, is the manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds. It is the relationship between two successive
syllables in speech. A juncture is, formally, a
suprasegmental
phonemic cue, a means by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.
juncture
Noun
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"
(synonym) occasion
(hypernym) happening, occurrence, natural event
(hyponym) pass, head, straits
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"
(synonym) critical point, crossroads
(hypernym) crisis
(hyponym) criticality
3. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
(synonym) articulation, join, joint, junction
(hypernym) connection, connexion, link
(hyponym) esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction
(derivation) connect, link, link up, join, unite
juncture
Rzecz.
punkt
Juncture
(n.)
The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of a vessel or of the bones.
(n.)
A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an exigency.
(n.)
A joining; a union; an alliance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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