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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "decisive point",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "punct de cotitură"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "perelómnyj momént",
"sense": "decisive point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "перело́мный моме́нт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povorótnyj momént",
"sense": "decisive point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поворо́тный моме́нт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povorótnyj punkt",
"sense": "decisive point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поворо́тный пункт"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "decisive point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punto de inflexión"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "decisive point",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vändpunkt"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jùt-wí-grʉ̀t",
"sense": "decisive point",
"word": "จุดวิกฤต"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "decisive point",
"word": "dönüm noktası"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "perelómnyj momént",
"sense": "decisive point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "перело́мний моме́нт"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "povorótnyj momént",
"sense": "decisive point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поворо́тний моме́нт"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "povorótnyj punkt",
"sense": "decisive point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поворо́тний пункт"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "perelóm",
"sense": "decisive point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "перело́м"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "decisive point",
"word": "bước ngoặt"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "decisive point",
"word": "bước quyết định"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ekstremum",
"sense": "(calculus) maximum or minimum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "екстремум"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(calculus) maximum or minimum",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vendepunkt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(calculus) maximum or minimum",
"word": "ääriarvo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(calculus) maximum or minimum",
"word": "käännepiste"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(calculus) maximum or minimum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Extremwert"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "(calculus) maximum or minimum",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vendepunkt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(calculus) maximum or minimum",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "extremvärde"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jùt-wók-glàp",
"sense": "(calculus) maximum or minimum",
"word": "จุดวกกลับ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(calculus) maximum or minimum",
"word": "kırılma noktası"
}
],
"word": "turning point"
}
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