crux
- The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
- The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
- A puzzle or difficulty.
- The hardest point of a climb.
- A cross on a coat of arms.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɹʌks/
Etymology
From Latin crux (“cross, wooden frame for execution”), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”). Doublet of cross and crouch (“cross”).
crux of the matter
chief problem
essential point
important point
difficult problem
puzzling thing
the constellation of the Southern Cross
Extract
crucial point
nodo
cosa difícil
ponto crucial
ζόρι
substància καρδιά δυσκολία κόμπος
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