climax, highest point; completion, final action, concluding action
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Culmination Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
(n.)
Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAttainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
culmination
\cul"mi*na"tion\ (kŭl`m?-n?"sh?n), n. [cf. f. culmination]
1. the attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
2. attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
culmination
n
1. a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development" [syn: apogee]
2. the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" [syn: climax]
3. a concluding action [syn: completion, closing, windup, mop up]
Noun
1. a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"
(synonym) apogee
(hypernym) phase, stage
(derivation) culminate
2. (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
(hypernym) celestial point
(derivation) culminate
(classification) astronomy, uranology
3. the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
(synonym) climax
(hypernym) moment, minute, second, instant
(part-holonym) story
(derivation) culminate
4. a concluding action
(synonym) completion, closing, windup, mop up
(hypernym) termination, ending, conclusion
(hyponym) consummation
(derivation) culminate, climax
Culmination Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In astronomy, the culmination of a planet, star, constellation, etc. is the altitude (or elevation angle) reached when the object transits over an observer's meridian.
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Culmination Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
1. The arrival of a planet at the degree of the MC. 2. The culmination of an aspect is when it is completed, regardless of the MC.
