- juncture, occasion - 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"
--1 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
--1 has particulars:pass, head, straits; climax, flood tide; conjuncture; crisis; landmark, turning point, watershed; milestone - juncture, critical point, crossroads - 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"
--2 is a kind of crisis
--2 has particulars: criticality - articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction - the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
--3 is a kind of connection, connexion, link
--3 has particulars: esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junctionDerived form: verb join5