climax : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: climax	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for climax
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
climax n the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success" Synonym(s): climax, flood tide the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" Synonym(s): climax, culmination the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse Synonym(s): orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming the most severe stage of a disease arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness v end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" Synonym(s): culminate, climax
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Climax \Cli"max\, n. [L., from Gr. [?] ladder, staircase, fr. [?] to make to bend, to lean. See {Ladder}, {Lean}, v. i.] 1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent. --Glanvill. 2. (Rhet.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness. [bd]Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience, and experience hope[b8] -- a happy climax. --J. D. Forbes. 3. The highest point; the greatest degree. We must look higher for the climax of earthly good. --I. Taylor.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Climax, CO Zip code(s): 80429 Climax, GA (city, FIPS 16908) Location: 30.87562 N, 84.43125 W Population (1990): 226 (103 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31734 Climax, KS (city, FIPS 14275) Location: 37.71928 N, 96.22356 W Population (1990): 57 (34 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67137 Climax, KY Zip code(s): 40456 Climax, MI (village, FIPS 16440) Location: 42.23945 N, 85.33703 W Population (1990): 677 (229 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49034 Climax, MN (city, FIPS 11962) Location: 47.60679 N, 96.81227 W Population (1990): 264 (120 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Climax, NC Zip code(s): 27233 Climax, NY Zip code(s): 12042