The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
The final term of a rhetorical climax.
The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series
The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
A falling upon or invasion.
A particular extension of the idea of gluing.
A sloping passage or incline.
A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
Lineage or hereditary derivation.
An instance of descending; act of coming down.
A way down.