Definition of Crux. Meaning of Crux. Synonyms of Crux

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Definition of Crux

Crux
Crux Crux (kr[u^]ks), n.; pl. E. Cruxes (-[e^]z), L. Cruces (kr[udd]"s[=e]z). [L., cross, torture, trouble.] Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. --Dr. Sheridan. The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists. --Strauss.

Meaning of Crux from wikipedia

- Crux (/krʌks/) 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...
- CRUX is a lightweight x86-64 Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users and delivered by a tar.gz-based package system with BSD-style initscripts...
- Look up crux or Crux in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crux or the Southern Cross is a constellation. Crux may refer to: Crux (literary), a p****age...
- Diamond, Honoris Crux Gold, Honoris Crux Silver and Honoris Crux of 1975—together replaced the discontinued Honoris Crux of 1952. Honoris Crux (1952), in use...
- The term crux simplex was invented by Justus Lipsius (1547–1606) to indicate a plain transom-less wooden stake used for executing either by affixing the...
- The Crux is the upcoming third studio album by the American actor and musician Joe Keery, under his alias Djo. It will be released independently under...
- A crux is a textual p****age that is corrupted to the point that it is difficult or impossible to interpret and resolve. Cruxes are studied in palaeography...
- include: tetragammadion (Gr****: τετραγαμμάδιον) or cross gammadion (Latin: crux gammata; French: croix gammée), as each arm resembles the Gr**** letter Γ...
- also used decoratively by neighbouring cultures. Copts adapted it into the crux ansata, a shape with a circular rather than droplet loop, and used it as...
- The crux cordis or crux of the heart (from Latin "crux" meaning "cross") is the area on the lower back side of the heart where the coronary sulcus (the...