Crux meaning

krŭks, kro͝oks

A cross.

noun

The basic, central, or essential point or feature.

noun

The definition of crux is the central point of something, or is something that seems impossible to solve.

An example of a crux is the most important beliefs of a religion.

An example of a crux is a Rubik's cube.

noun

The basic, central, or critical point or feature.

The crux of the matter; the crux of an argument.

noun

A puzzling or apparently insoluble problem.

noun

A difficult problem; puzzling thing.

noun

The essential or deciding point.

noun

A small S constellation near the celestial pole, containing the Coalsack; the Southern Cross; the Cross.

noun

The hardest point of a climb.

noun

(heraldry) A cross on a coat of arms.

noun

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

pronoun

Probably short for Medieval Latin crux (interpretum) torment (of interpreters) from Latin crux cross

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Modern Latin from Latin crux cross

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin crux (“cross, wooden frame for execution”) (English cross), from the Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”).

From Wiktionary
Latin crux (“a cross”)

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