turning points

Noun

turning point (plural turning points)

1. (idiomatic) A decisive point at which a significant change or historical event occurs, or at which a decision must be made.
   • Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road / Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go1997, Billie Joe Armstrong, “Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)”, performed by Green Day

   Synonyms:

   crossroads, watershed

2. A maximum or minimum on a graph.
3. A crossroads.
4. A T-junction.
5. A place at which one changes their direction of travel.
   • 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.1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 493