See also:

• CRUCIAL (from Lat. crux, a cross)

CRUCIAL (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. crux, a See also:

• CROSS

cross)  , that which has the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

• CROSS

cross, as the " See also:

• CRUCIAL (from Lat. crux, a cross)

crucial ligaments " of the See also:

• KNEE (O. E. cneow, a word common to Indo-European languages, cf. Ger. Knie, Fr. genou, Span. hinojo, Lat. genu, Gr. ybvv, Sansk. janu)

knee-See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint, which cross each other, connecting the femur and the See also:

• TIBIA

tibia . From See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• BACON
• BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
• BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
• BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
• BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
• BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
• BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)

Bacon's expression instantia crucis (taken, as he says, from the See also:

• FINGER

finger-See also:

• POST

post or crux at cross-roads) for a phenomenon which decides between two causes which have each similar analogies in its favour, comes the use of " crucial " for that which decides between two alternatives, hence, generally, as a synonym for " See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical." The word is also used, with a reference to the use of a " crucible," of something which tests and tries .