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culmination
[ kuhl-muh-ney-shuhn ]
noun
- the act or fact of culminating.
- that in which anything culminates; the culminating position or stage; highest point; acme.
- Astronomy. the position of a celestial body when it is on the meridian.
culmination
/ ˌkʌlmɪˈneɪʃən /
noun
- the final, highest, or decisive point
- the act of culminating
- astronomy the highest or lowest altitude attained by a heavenly body as it crosses the meridian
Other Words From
- noncul·mi·nation noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of culmination1
Example Sentences
There are so many factors at play, but in the end, the culmination of them resulted in your death.
The decision to cease operations at the multi-site church is the culmination of a tumultuous year.
This is the big enchilada, and the culmination of the alleged death spiral.
His apparent suicide was likely the culmination of a brutal daily battle with severe depression that he shared with millions.
But I do think it is an interesting culmination of what our characters have been through together.
Of the Feralia of February 21, the culmination of the festival of the kindred dead (Parentalia), we have already spoken.
The six weeks which he spent in Paris were the culmination of his pleasure trip.
In order to reach the star at lower culmination the finder tube had to be thrown out of parallelism with the main telescope.
He saw the great economic machine grinding on day and night, the mighty forces rushing to their culmination.
Culmination of belief in demonic power of woman in witchcraft persecutions.
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