culminative

American  

[kuhl-muh-ney-tiv] / ˈkʌl məˌneɪ tɪv /

adjective

Linguistics.

1. (of stress or tone accent) serving to indicate the number of independent words or the important points in an utterance by assigning prominence to one syllable in each word or close-knit group of words.

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Etymology

Origin of culminative

culminate + -ive

Example Sentences

This culminative movement, begun in the decline of the nineteenth century, may well be destined to mark the twentieth century as the great era of social readjustment.

From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen

Therefore the application of the culminative effect of interest accumulations is much dependent upon the sort of mine under consideration.

From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Hoover, Herbert

Thus is reached the culminative point in the course of the provision for the education of the deaf in America.

From The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States by Best, Harry

A culminative interrogation point to add to his collection was her next lead.

From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel

In the spring she began to gather from Anthony's letters—not from any one in particular but from their culminative effect—that he did not want her to come South.

From The Beautiful and Damned by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)