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culmination [kəl·mə′nā·shən]
(astronomy) The position of a heavenly body when at highest apparent altitude. For a heavenly body which is continually above the horizon, the position of lowest apparent altitude. (geology) A high point on the axis of a fold. Culmination the passage of a celestial body, in its apparent diurnal motion, across the celestial meridian. In the earth’s northern hemisphere, at upper culmination the celestial body passes between the north celestial pole and the south point and is at maximum altitude (above the horizon). At lower culmination the celestial body crosses the meridian to the north of the celestial pole and is at minimum altitude. Both culminations can be observed for those stars whose entire diurnal path across the sky is visible (from a given place); such stars are called nonsetting. In the opposite case, lower culmination occurs below the horizon and the stars are called setting. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | For a time, which seemed so long that the world grew gray with age and sin, and the haunted forest, having fulfilled its purpose in this monstrous culmination of its terrors, vanished out of his consciousness with all its sights and sounds, the apparition stood within a pace, regarding him with the mindless malevolence of a wild brute; then thrust its hands forward and sprang upon him with appalling ferocity After a time, learning that if he persisted, she would settle the situation by gathering him into her arms and gurgling into his ears, he made it a point to act his part until such delectable surrender and joyful culmination were achieved. Capitalism was adjudged by the sociologists of the time to be the culmination of bourgeois rule, the ripened fruit of the bourgeois revolution. |
Culmination |
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