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Crux

Crux Meaning & Definition
Crux Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crux?

[n] the most important point
[n] a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus

Synonyms | Synonyms for Crux: Crux Australis | crux of the matter | Southern Cross

Related Terms | Find terms related to Crux: ankh | avellan cross | baffling problem | bench mark | brain twister | Calvary cross | cardinal point | catch | chi | chief thing | Chinese puzzle | chi-rho | christcross | Christogram | 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 | crossbones | cross-crosslet | 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 | Gordian knot | gravamen | great point | Greek cross | heart | high point | hitch | important thing | inverted cross | issue | Jerusalem cross | jigsaw puzzle | joker | kernel | keystone | knot | knotty point | landmark | Latin cross | long cross | main point | main thing | Maltese cross | 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 | Russian cross | salient point | saltire | sine qua non | sixty-four dollar question | snag | sticker | stumper | substance | substantive point | swastika | T | tau | teaser | the bottom line | the point | thrust | tough proposition | trefled cross | turning point | vexed question | voided cross | why | X

See Also | alpha and omega | Alpha Crucis | Beta Crucis | constellation | Milky Way | Milky Way Galaxy | Milky Way System | point

Crux In Webster's Dictionary

\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. The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists. --Strauss.

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