culmination : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: culmination	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
culmination n a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development" Synonym(s): apogee, culmination (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" Synonym(s): climax, culmination a concluding action Synonym(s): completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Culmination \Cul"mi*na"tion\ (k[ucr]l`m?-n?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. culmination] 1. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit. 2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.