climax vs vertex

climax

noun
  • 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. 

verb
  • To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense). 

vertex

noun
  • An interaction point. 

  • One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices. 

  • A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates. 

  • The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis. 

  • The point at which an axis meets a curve or surface. 

  • The common point of the two rays that form an angle. 

  • A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y". 

  • The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart. 

  • A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature. 

  • The highest surface on the skull; the crown of the head. 

  • The highest point, top or apex of something. 

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