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Defenition of the word climax

    • Defenition of the word climax

      • A botanical term referring to the terminal community said to be achieved when a sere (a sequential development of a plant community or group of plant communities on the same site over a period of time) achieves dynamic equilibrium with its environment and in particular with its prevailing climate. Each of the world's major vegetation climaxes is equivalent to a biome. Many botanists believe that climate is the master factor in a plant environment and that even if several types of plant succession occur in an area they will all tend to converge towards a climax form of vegetation. (Source: WHIT)
      • To reach a sexual climax; to experience orgasm.
      • The moment of most intense feeling and pleasure during sexual activity.
      • arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
      • the most severe stage of a disease
      • the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
      • 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"
      • end, esp. to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
      • the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
      • 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"
      • end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
      • the decisive moment in a novel or play
      • the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
      • end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

    Synonyms for the word climax

      • acme
      • apex
      • best moment
      • climacteric
      • coming
      • culminate
      • culmination
      • flood tide
      • height
      • high point
      • highlight
      • menopause
      • orgasm
      • peak
      • pinnacle
      • sexual climax
      • summit

    Similar words in the climax

      • climax
      • climax's
      • climaxed
      • climaxes
      • climaxing

    Meronymys for the word climax

      • story

    Hyponyms for the word climax

      • crown
      • male orgasm
      • top

    Hypernyms for the word climax

      • cease
      • consummation
      • degree
      • end
      • finish
      • instant
      • juncture
      • level
      • minute
      • moment
      • occasion
      • point
      • rhetorical device
      • second
      • stage
      • stop
      • terminate

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