Culmination

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The position of a heavenly body when it is on the meridian; the attainment by a star of its highest or lowest altitude on any day.
  • noun. The highest point or summit; the top; the act or fact of reaching the highest point: used especially in figurative senses.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
  • noun. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
  • noun. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
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  • noun. a final climactic stage
  • noun. the decisive moment in a novel or play
  • noun. (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
  • noun. a concluding action
    • Word Usage
    "This was truer than Judis realized, for he seemed not quite to grasp that a culmination is the reaching of the highest point."
    cross-reference
    upper culmination  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    celestial point  instant  minute  moment  phase  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    begin  beginning  catastrophe  climax  commencement  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Z  accomplishment  acme  acme of perfection  apex  
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