A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an exigency.

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"

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"

A joining; a union; an alliance.

The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of a vessel or of the bones.

In anatomy, a place where two or more structures join; a joint. From the Latin jungere, to join.

the linkage or separation of syllables by pauses.

the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made