/kul'meuh nay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act or fact of culminating.
2. that in which anything culminates; the culminating position or stage; highest point; acme.
3. Astron. the position of a celestial body when it is on the meridian.
[ 1625-35; culmination-, s. of culminatio; see CULMINATE, -ION ]
Syn. 2. climax, zenith, peak, summit.