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cul⋅mi⋅na⋅tion

  [kuhl-muh-ney-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act or fact of culminating.
2. that in which anything culminates; the culminating position or stage; highest point; acme.
3. Astronomy. the position of a celestial body when it is on the meridian.
Origin:
1625–35; < ML culminātiōn-, s. of culminātiō; see culminate, -ion

Synonyms:
2. climax, zenith, peak, summit.
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cul·mi·nate   (kŭl'mə-nāt')   
v.   intr. cul·mi·nat·ed, cul·mi·nat·ing, cul·mi·nates
    1. To reach the highest point or degree; climax: habitual antagonism that culminated in open hostility.
    2. To come to completion; end: Years of waiting culminated in a tearful reunion.
  2. Astronomy To reach the highest point above an observer's horizon. Used of stars and other celestial bodies.
v.   tr.
To bring to the point of greatest intensity or to completion; climax: The ceremony culminated a long week of preparation.

[Late Latin culmināre, culmināt-, from Latin culmen, culmin-, summit; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
cul'mi·na'tion n.
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Culmination

Cul"mi*na"tion\ (k[u^]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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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