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Culmination

//ˌkʌl.məˈneɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a concluding action wordnet
  3. 3
    An endpoint arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period, usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something. Canada, UK, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the decisive moment in a novel or play wordnet
  5. 5
    An attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc. US, countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon wordnet
  2. 7
    A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school. US, countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    a final climactic stage wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French culmination, from culminer, or from Medieval Latin culminatus + -tion. Morphologically culminate + -ion.

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