Juncture
31juncture — junc·ture || dʒʌŋktʃə(r) n. period, stage, interval, determining hour; crisis, breaking point; place where two things meet and join, joint, hinge, seam; joining, union, connection …
32juncture — [ dʒʌŋ(k)tʃə] noun 1》 a particular point in time. 2》 a place where things join. 3》 Phonetics the features in speech that enable a hearer to detect a word boundary (e.g. distinguishing I scream from ice cream). Origin ME: from L. junctura joint ,… …
33juncture — n. 1. Joint, junction. 2. Conjuncture, crisis, exigency …
34juncture — junc·ture …
35juncture — [ˈdʒʌŋktʃə] noun [C] formal a point in a process or period of time …
36juncture — n. junction; joint; critical moment of time …
37juncture — see JOIN …
38open juncture — noun or open internal juncture : a juncture between two consecutive sounds in speech having less mutual assimilation than a close juncture and less hiatus than a terminal juncture * * * Phonet. a transition between successive sounds marked by a… …
39close juncture — “ noun or close internal juncture : a juncture between two consecutive sounds in speech of the kind found in a simplex word (as between t and r in the pronunciation of trait or nitrate or between ī and n in the pronunciation of mine or minus… …
40open juncture — Phonet. a transition between successive sounds marked by a break in articulatory continuity, as by a pause or the modification of a preceding or following sound, and often indicating a division between words; presence of juncture (opposed to… …
