culmination

[ kuhl-muh-ney-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act or fact of culminating.

  2. that in which anything culminates; the culminating position or stage; highest point; acme.

  1. Astronomy. the position of a celestial body when it is on the meridian.

Origin of culmination

1
1625–35; <Medieval Latin culminātiōn-, stem of culminātiō;see culminate, -ion

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Other words from culmination

  • non·cul·mi·na·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for culmination

culmination

/ (ˌkʌlmɪˈneɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the final, highest, or decisive point

  2. the act of culminating

  1. astronomy the highest or lowest altitude attained by a heavenly body as it crosses the meridian

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