climax
Being a climax species or climax community of organismsBeing a climax species or climax community of organisms; able to remain essentially unchanged (in terms of the portion of the species in its area it constitutes) as long as its site remains unchanged.
» The game came to a climax.
Das Spiel erreichte einen Höhepunkt. — Yorwba
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1 sensesBeing a climax species or climax community of organisms; able to remain essentially unchanged (in terms of the portion of the species in its area it constitutes) as long as its site remains unchanged.
Examples
9 sentencesThe game came to a climax.
deDas Spiel erreichte einen Höhepunkt. — Yorwba
The information was the capping climax.
All voices were extinguished in the climax.
The audience sobbed throughout the climax of the movie.
ruЗрители всхлипывали во время кульминационной сцены фильма. — Hellerick
Tom doesn't know the difference between climax and climacteric.
deTom kennt nicht den Unterschied zwischen Klimax und Klimakterium. — al_ex_an_der
Origin
From Latin clīmax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] cliFrom Latin clīmax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”), from κλίνω (klínō, “to lean, slant”).
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Forms
more climax, most climax| Comparative | more climax Lesson |
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| Superlative | most climax Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form