climax

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
 * 2)  An instance of such an ascending series.
 * 3)  The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
 * 4)  A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:
 * 5)  The final term of a rhetorical climax.
 * 6)   The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
 * 7)  The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
 * 1)  A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:
 * 2)  The final term of a rhetorical climax.
 * 3)   The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
 * 4)  The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
 * 1)   The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
 * 2)  The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
 * 1)  The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
 * 1)  The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.

Synonyms

 * ; auxesis, catacosmesis
 * See Thesaurus:apex

Translations

 * Finnish: kliimaksi
 * French:
 * Polish: ,


 * Azerbaijani: kuliminasiya
 * Bulgarian:, кулминационна точка
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Malayalam: മൂർദ്ധന്യം
 * Maori: karamata
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: klimaks
 * Nynorsk: klimaks
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit: पराकाष्ठा
 * Serbo-Croatian: клѝмакс,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: kliimaksi,
 * Icelandic: ris
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish: kliimaksi
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: оргазъм
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, kliimaksi
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: patrātiō
 * Malayalam:
 * Marathi: समागमपूर्ती, संभोगपूर्ती, कामपूर्ती
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: klimaks
 * Nynorsk: klimaks
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
 * 2) To form the climax to; to be the climax of.
 * 1) To form the climax to; to be the climax of.
 * 1) To form the climax to; to be the climax of.
 * 1) To form the climax to; to be the climax of.

Noun

 * 1)  (all senses)

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  climax

Etymology
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