turning point
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[edit]turning point (plural turning points)
- A decisive point at which a significant change or historical event occurs, or at which a decision must be made.
- Synonyms: crossroads, watershed
- 1997, Billie Joe Armstrong (lyrics and music), “Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)”, performed by Green Day:
- Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road / Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
- 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Europe will be watching the final battle closely. A Hollande victory in the second round would be a turning point in European politics, a rare victory for the left in Europe, which has in recent years moved towards the right
- (calculus) A maximum or minimum on a graph.
- A crossroads.
- A T-junction.
- A place at which one changes their direction of travel.
- 1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 493:
- Chicago was the turning point of my journey and I left there at midnight abroad [sic] the "Chicagoan," an express of the New York Central System.
Translations
[edit]decisive point
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(calculus) maximum or minimum
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crossroads — see crossroads
T-junction — see T-junction
See also
[edit]- momentous (English adjective-equivalent)
- tipping point