Climax
WordNet
noun
(1) The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
(2) The decisive moment in a novel or play
"The deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
(3) Arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
(4) The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
"The climax of the artist's career"
"In the flood tide of his success"
(5) The most severe stage of a disease
verb
(6) End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
"The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
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Etymology
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Noun
- The point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series; a culmination
- 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart Earth Abides
- The snowshoe-rabbits build up through the years until they reach a climax when the seem to be everywhere; then with dramatic suddenness their pestilence falls upon them.
- 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart Earth Abides
- The turning point in a plot or dramatic action, especially one marking a change in the protagonist's affairs.
- A stage of ecological development where a community of organisms, is stable and capable of perpetuating itself.
- An orgasm.