culmination Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a final climactic stage
    apogee.
    • their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development
  2. noun (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
  3. noun the decisive moment in a novel or play
    climax.
    • the deathbed scene is the climax of the play
  4. noun a concluding action
    completion; closing; mop up; windup.

WordNet

Cul"mi*na"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F.culmination
Definitions
  1. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
  2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.

Webster 1913