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microclimax

microclimax noun: a small-scale climax (in various senses).

Noun

microclimax (plural microclimaxes)

  1. A small-scale climax (in various senses).
    • One can also, of course, distinguish a microclimate with a corresponding microclimax and there is no end to the distinctions and classifications one can make in this way.1966, Edgar Taschdjian, Organic Communications, page 174
    • Io la conoscevo bene consists of nineteen macrosequences, where the protagonists are always using or giving orders to Adriana; each one with its own microclimax […]2013, Luca Barattoni, Italian Post-Neorealist Cinema, page 138

Forms of microclimax

pluralmicroclimaxes

Origin of microclimax

From micro- + climax.

Questions about microclimax

What does microclimax mean?
Microclimax means a small-scale climax (in various senses).
What part of speech is microclimax?
Microclimax is a noun.
What is the plural of microclimax?
The plural of microclimax is microclimaxes.

Words near microclimax in the dictionary

  1. microclimatological
  2. microclimatologically
  3. microclimatologist
  4. microclimatologists
  5. microclimatology
  6. microclimax
  7. microclimaxes
  8. microcline
  9. microclines
  10. microclinic
  11. microclinics

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