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culminant

culminant adjective: being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude.

Adjective

culminant (comparative more culminant, superlative most culminant)

  1. being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude
  2. (broadly) predominant or highest quality, power, greatness etc.
    • culminant point

Forms of culminant

comparativemore culminant
superlativemost culminant

Origin of culminant

Borrowed from French culminant.

Questions about culminant

What does culminant mean?
Culminant means being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude.
What part of speech is culminant?
Culminant is an adjective.

Words near culminant in the dictionary

  1. Culmers
  2. culmicolous
  3. culmiferous
  4. culmina
  5. culminal
  6. culminant
  7. culminate
  8. culminated
  9. culminates
  10. culminateth
  11. culminating

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