Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The point at which a very significant change occurs; a decisive moment.
- n. Mathematics A maximum or minimum point on a curve.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In graphics, a maximum or minimum point on the graph or curve.
- n. The point on which a thing turns; the point at which motion in one direction ceases and that in a contrary or different direction begins; the point at which a decisive change takes place, as from good to bad, from increase to decrease, or the opposite.
- n. In engineering, a temporary bench or bench-mark, the exact elevation of which is determined in leveling before the instrument is advanced, as a starting-point for determining its height after resetting.
Wiktionary
- n. A decisive point at which a significant change or historical event occurs, or at which a decision must be made.
- n. calculus A maximum or minimum on a graph.
- n. A crossroads.
- n. A T-junction.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the point upon which a question turns, and which decides a case.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the intersection of two streets
- n. an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
Examples
“However, paleobiologist Joel Pethica recently proposed that the turning point in hominid evolution came 3 million years ago when climate changes pushed our ancestors out of the trees and into the predator-infested savanna.”
“Reagan would later admit that his failure to appoint Baker was a turning point for his administrationbut the recognition would come too late.”
“TURNING POINTSThis month will be a political turning point for Iraq….”
Simon & Schuster: Mission Accomplished! Or How We Won the War in Iraq
“The turning point in her private war came when she tried a microaction.”
Simon & Schuster: I Used to Have a Handle on Life But It Broke
“An important turning point in the history of research on innovation in organizations occurred with the publication of an influential book, Innovations and Organizations, by Professor Gerald Zaltman and colleagues 1973.”
“If The Omen heralded the market boom in 1973, F.I.S.T. was the turning point in 1978.”
“Robert Lacey, in his biography of Meyer Lansky titled Little Man, wrote that Prohibition was the real turning point for Lansky.”
“The real turning point came when the group decided to ride up Beech Mountain, which was a five-thousand-foot climb and part of the Tour Du Pont.”
“A major turning point occurred in October 1988 when a speech by Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, then speaker of Iran's parliament, recommending atom bombs was published by the IRGC.”
“But Rhoney recalled that a turning point came when it began to dawn on management how much UPS itself was benefiting from the power of the Web and the data it provided.”
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we are all just passing through.
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