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- DictionaryCrux/krəks/
- 1. another term for the Southern Cross
adjective
- 1. used with preceding Greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Crux: "the star Beta Crucis"
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1. : a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question. The origin of the word is a scholarly crux. 2. : an essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome. 3. : a main or central feature (as of an argument) … he discarded all but the essential cruxes of his argument. Carl Van Doren. Did you know?
THE CRUX definition: 1. the most important or serious part of a matter, problem, or argument: 2. the most important or…. Learn more.
The essential point or problem is the crux. People are always trying to get to the crux of a matter or the crux of a problem, while others try to distract them. The noun crux is often followed by the phrases "of the matter" or "of the problem."
Crux definition: a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point. See examples of CRUX used in a sentence.
THE CRUX meaning: 1. the most important or serious part of a matter, problem, or argument: 2. the most important or…. Learn more.
The crux of a problem or argument is the most important or difficult part of it which affects everything else.
1. The basic, central, or critical point or feature: the crux of the matter; the crux of an argument. 2. A puzzling or apparently insoluble problem. 3. The most difficult portion of an ascent in rock climbing or mountaineering. [Probably short for Medieval Latin crux (interpretum), torment (of interpreters), from Latin crux, cross .]
