What does Crux mean?

Definitions for Crux
krʌks; ˈkru sizcrux

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Southern Cross, Crux, Crux Australisnoun

    a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus

  2. crux, crux of the matternoun

    the most important point

Wiktionary

  1. cruxnoun

    The basic, central, or essential point or feature.

    The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.

  2. cruxnoun

    The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.

  3. cruxnoun

    A puzzle or difficulty.

  4. cruxnoun

    The hardest point of a climb.

  5. cruxnoun

    A cross on a coat of arms.

  6. Cruxnoun

    A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.

  7. Etymology: From crux (English cross), from the (s)ker-.

Wikipedia

  1. CRUX

    CRUX is a lightweight x86-64 Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users and delivered by a tar.gz-based package system with BSD-style initscripts. It is not based on any other Linux distribution. It also utilizes a ports system to install and upgrade applications.Although crux is the Latin word for "cross," the choice of the name "CRUX" itself has no meaning. Per Lidén chose it because it "sounded cool," and ends in "X" which puts it in line with various other Unix flavors such as IRIX, Ultrix, Mac OS X and IBM AIX.

ChatGPT

  1. crux

    Crux is a term used to refer to the most important, pivotal, or essential point or feature of something, such as an argument, concept, or situation. It represents the critical factor that makes a difference in a situation or a problem that is difficult to solve.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cruxnoun

    anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain

  2. Etymology: [L., cross, torture, trouble.]

Wikidata

  1. Crux

    Crux is the smallest of the 88 modern constellations, but is one of the most distinctive. Its name is Latin for cross, and it is dominated by a cross-shaped asterism that is commonly known as the Southern Cross.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Crux

    kruks, n. a cross: (fig.) something that occasions difficulty. [L. crux, a cross.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Crux in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Crux in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Crux in a Sentence

  1. Rachel Holt:

    Choice is at the crux of our approach and strategy and what we're seeing — again it's early days — when you give consumers choice they engage more across our entire platform.

  2. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang:

    It is true that the current China-Japan relationship is in difficulty, the crux of the issue is how the war and that part of history are viewed.

  3. Tobi Bamtefa:

    I believe the crux of this show is about humanity, in this show and in this world of Kingstown, we are watching people placed in very extreme circumstances, it’s a prison town and people make what comes across as dubious decisions. But, within this world, they actually make perfect sense.

  4. Jerry Brown:

    The crux of the matter is whether the state of California should continue to make it a crime for a dying person to end his life.

  5. Miguel de Unamuno:

    When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid-in which case all comment is superfluous-or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

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