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Culmination Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Culmination has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a final climactic stage

"their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"

2

(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

3

the decisive moment in a novel or play

"the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"

4
5

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
phase celestial point moment termination
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
consummation finish finalization follow-through graduation
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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