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Definition climax
Etymology
From Latin cl?max, from Ancient Greek ?????? (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”), from ????? (klín?, “I lean, slant”).
Noun
climax (countable and uncountable, plural climaxes)
- (originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
- (obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
- (now commonly) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:
- (rhetoric, imprecise) The final term of a rhetorical climax.
- (ecology) The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
- The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
- (narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
Verb
climax (third-person singular simple present climaxes, present participle climaxing, simple past and past participle climaxed)
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AMOXICILLINS
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AMOXYCILLINS
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ANTICLIMAXES
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COMPLEXATION
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COMPLEXIONAL
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EXCLAMATIONS
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EXOPHTHALMIC
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EXTRAMUSICAL
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HEXADECIMALS
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AMOXICILLIN
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AMOXYCILLIN
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COXCOMBICAL
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DISCLIMAXES
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EXCLAMATION
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HEXADECIMAL
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SUBCLIMAXES
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TOXOPLASMIC
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EXCLAIM
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CLIMAX
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