culminate
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məˌneɪt verb (used without object)
1.
to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development (usually followed by in ).
2.
to end or arrive at a final stage (usually followed by in ): The argument culminated in a fistfight.
3.
to rise to or form an apex; terminate (usually followed by in ): The tower culminates in a tall spire.
4.
Astronomy. (of a celestial body) to be on the meridian, or reach the highest or the lowest altitude.
verb (used with object)
5.
to bring to a close; complete; climax: A rock song culminates the performance.
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Culminate
is always a great word to know.
So is pulsar. Does it mean:
| a celestial body with a mass of gas that is hot enough to produce and sustain nuclear fusion, thus producing luminosity |
| one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation such as radio waves with a high degree of regularity |
Origin:
1640–50; < Late Latin culminātus (past participle of culmināre to come to a peak), equivalent to Latin culmin- (stem of culmen) peak, top + -ātus -ate1
1640–50; < Late Latin culminātus (past participle of culmināre to come to a peak), equivalent to Latin culmin- (stem of culmen) peak, top + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
non·cul·mi·nat·ing, adjective
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| —vb (when intr, | |
| 1. | to end or cause to end, esp to reach or bring to a final or climactic stage |
| 2. | (intr) (of a celestial body) to cross the meridian of the observer |
| [C17: from Late Latin culmināre to reach the highest point, from Latin culmen top] | |
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Word Origin & History
culminate
1640s, from L.L. culminatus, pp. of culminare "to crown," from L. culmen (gen. culminis) "peak, summit," contraction of columen (see column).
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Example sentences
Workshops culminate in a public concert featuring singers and participants.
They culminate in two strikingly symmetrical clouds of swirling filaments.
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