A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series
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.
The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
Highest point or state; peak.
The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.