Noun
1. an event that occurs at a critical time;
"at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave""it was needed only on special occasions"2. a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made;
"at that juncture he had no idea what to do""he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point"3. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made