ɑːˌtɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən ɑɹˌtɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən ˈdʒɔɪn dʒɔɪnt ˈdʒʌŋkʃən ˈdʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ) ˈdʒʌŋk.tʃɚ əˈkeɪʒən an event that occurs at a critical time at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave it was needed only on special occasions the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made at that juncture he had no idea what to do he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point