"culminant" meaning in English

See culminant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more culminant [comparative], most culminant [superlative]
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  1. being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude
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  2. (by extension) predominant or highest quality, power, greatness etc. Tags: broadly
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