Culmination
[kʌlmɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n] or ['kʌlmə'neʃən]
Definition
(noun.) (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon.
Typed by Hester--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
(n.) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
Editor: Orville
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Consummation, zenith, acme, meridian, apex, success, completion
ANT:Fall, descent, decline, failure, downfall, degradation, defeat, abortion
Checked by Leon
Examples
- This division is a culmination of the dualism of mind and the world, soul and body, end and means, which we have so frequently noted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She had reached her culmination: her voice rose trilling and bright over the storm of applause, and soared as high and joyful as her triumph. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I expected something of a culmination. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Which of us can point out and say that was the culmination--that was the summit of human joy? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Though her eyes were closed, one could easily imagine the light necessarily shining in them as the culmination of the luminous workmanship around. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Those are the antecedents, and the culmination. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
Typist: Nadine