Толковый словарь английского языка - climax
Climax
climax
I. noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek klimax, literally, ladder, from klinein to lean Date: circa 1550 a figure of speech in which a series of phrases or sentences is arranged in ascending order of rhetorical forcefulness, 2. the highest point ; culmination , the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action (as of a play), orgasm , menopause , a relatively stable ecological stage or community especially of plants that is achieved through successful adaptation to an environment, see: summit ~less adjective II. verb Date: 1835 transitive verb to bring to a ~ , intransitive verb to come to a ~
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n. & v. --n. 1 the event or point of greatest intensity or interest; a culmination or apex. 2 a sexual orgasm. 3 Rhet. a a series arranged in order of increasing importance etc. b the last term in such a series. 4 Ecol. a state of equilibrium reached by a plant community. --v.tr. & intr. colloq. bring or come to a climax. Etymology: LL f. Gk klimax -akos ladder, climax ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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