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Culmination

  1. noun

    a final climactic stage

    their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development

    Similar: apogee

  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

    the deathbed scene is the climax of the play

    Similar: climax

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