JUNCTURE


Meaning of JUNCTURE in English

[ 'dʒʌŋ(k)tʃə ]

■ noun

1》 a particular point in time.

2》 a place where things join.

3》 Phonetics the features in speech that enable a hearer to detect a word boundary (e.g. distinguishing I scream from ice cream ).

Origin

ME: from L. junctura 'joint', from jungere 'to join'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.