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In Latin, crux referred literally to an instrument of torture, often a cross or stake, and figuratively to the torture and misery inflicted by means of such an instrument.

Crux (/ krʌks / KRUKS) is a constellation of the southern sky that is centred on four bright stars in a cross -shaped asterism commonly known as the Southern Cross. It lies on the southern end …

CRUX definition: a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point. See examples of crux used in a sentence.

The crux of a problem or argument is the most important or difficult part of it which affects everything else.

The crux of the matter is that the immediate communication of consciousness is impossible not only physically but psychologically.

crux (krʌks) n, pl cruxes or cruces (ˈkruːsiːz) 1. a vital or decisive stage, point, etc (often in the phrase the crux of the matter) 2. a baffling problem or difficulty