Associations to the word «Climax»

CLIMAX, noun. (originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.

CLIMAX, noun. (obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.

CLIMAX, noun. (now commonly) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:

CLIMAX, noun. (rhetoric) (imprecise) The final term of a rhetorical climax.

CLIMAX, noun. (ecology) The culmination of ecological development, a stage at which point various communities of organisms are in relative equilibrium with their environment and are capable of indefinite self-perpetuation under existing conditions.

CLIMAX, noun. The culmination of sexual intercourse, an orgasm.

CLIMAX, noun. (narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.

CLIMAX, verb. To reach or bring to a climax

CLIMAX, verb. To orgasm; to reach orgasm

CLIMAX COMMUNITIES, noun. Plural of climax community

CLIMAX COMMUNITY, noun. (obsolete) A community (group of interdependent organisms interacting with one another) which, through the process of ecological succession (the development of vegetation in an area over time), has reached a steady state.

CLIMAX, noun. 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".

CLIMAX, noun. The decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play".

CLIMAX, noun. The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse.

CLIMAX, noun. The most severe stage of a disease.

CLIMAX, noun. Arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness.

CLIMAX, verb. End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace".