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单词 culminant
释义

culminant

[ kuhl-muh-nuhnt ]
/ ˈkʌl mə nənt /

adjective

culminating; topmost.

Origin of culminant

1595–1605; <Medieval Latin culminant- (stem of culmināns), present participle of culmināre to come to a peak. See culminate, -ant

Words nearby culminant

cully, culm, culmen, culmicolous, culmiferous, culminant, culminate, culmination, culminative, culo, culottes
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Example sentences from the Web for culminant

  • In 1830 the fortunes of the Constitutionnel had reached the culminant point.

    The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851|Various
  • We left him in his culminant state; what dreadful decline is this, when we again catch a glimpse of him!

    The French Revolution|Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for culminant

culminant
/ (ˈkʌlmɪnənt) /

adjective

highest or culminating
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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