Definition of culmination - WordReference.com Dictionary

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culmination
A	noun
	1	completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up
			a concluding action
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚change of state ╚termination; ending; conclusion ╚completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up ╚graduation ╚follow-through ╚follow-through ╚finalization; finalisation ╚finish; finishing ╚consummation ╚consummation
	2	climax, culmination
			the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚point; point in time ╚moment; minute; second; instant ╚climax, culmination
	3	culmination
			(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚point ╚celestial point ╚culmination
	4	apogee, culmination
			a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚fundamental quantity; fundamental measure ╚time period; period of time; period ╚phase; stage ╚apogee, culmination

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