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noun
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the act or fact of culminating.
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Astronomy. the position of a celestial body when it is on the meridian.
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Culmination
is always a great word to know.
So is Sirius. Does it mean:
| the Dog Star, the brightest-appearing star in the heavens, located in the constellation Canis Major |
| the fainter of the two stars that constitute a double or binary star |
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culmination
1630s, noun of action from culminate. Originally a term in astronomy/astrology; fig. use is from 1650s.
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