CULMINATES

  

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CULMINATES

Date "CULMINATES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Culmination

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In astronomy, the culmination, at a given point, of a planet, star, constellation, etc. is the time when it appears on an observer's meridian; in other words, its highest point, when it is closest to the zenith.

In general use, culmination refers to completion or fulfillment.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Culmination."

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