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mæks noun
1.
the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination: His career reached its climax when he was elected president.
2.
(in a dramatic or literary work) a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot.
3.
Rhetoric.
a.
a figure consisting of a series of related ideas so arranged that each surpasses the preceding in force or intensity.
b.
the last term or member of this figure.
4.
an orgasm.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
6.
to bring to or reach a climax.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Origin:
1580–90; < Late Latin < Greek klîmax ladder, akin to klī́nein to lean
1580–90; < Late Latin < Greek klîmax ladder, akin to klī́nein to lean
Related forms
hy·per·cli·max, noun
un·cli·maxed, adjective
Synonyms
1. summit, zenith, acme, apex.
1. summit, zenith, acme, apex.
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climax (ˈklaɪmæks) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the most intense or highest point of an experience or of a series of events: the party was the climax of the week |
| 2. | a decisive moment in a dramatic or other work |
| 3. | a rhetorical device by which a series of sentences, clauses, or phrases are arranged in order of increasing intensity |
| 4. | ecology the stage in the development of a community during which it remains stable under the prevailing environmental conditions |
| 5. | (esp in referring to women) another word for orgasm Also called: sexual climax |
| —vb | |
| 6. | to reach or bring to a climax |
| [C16: from Late Latin, from Greek klimax ladder] | |
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Word Origin & History
climax
1589, from L.L. climax (gen. climacis), from Gk. klimax "propositions rising in effectiveness," lit. "ladder," from base of klinein "to slope," from PIE base *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)). The rhetorical meaning evolved in Eng. through "series of steps by which a goal is
achieved," to "escalating steps," to (1789) "high point," a usage credited by the OED "to popular ignorance." The verb is 1835, from the noun. The meaning "orgasm" is first recorded 1918, apparently coined by birth-control pioneer Marie Stopes, as a more accessible word than orgasm.
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Medical Dictionary
climax cli·max (klī'māks')
n.
The height of a disease; the stage of greatest severity.
See orgasm.
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