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Culminal
Culminal Cul"mi*nal (k[u^]l"m[i^]*nal), a. Pertaining to a culmen.
Culminant
Culminant Cul"mi*nant (-nant), a. Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant. [R.]
Culminate
Culminate Cul"mi*nate (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Culminated (-n[=a]`t[eucr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Culminating (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [L. cuimen top or ridge. See Column.] 1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead. As when his beams at noon Culminate from the equator. --Milton. 2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc. The reptile race culminated in the secondary era. --Dana. The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating. --Motley.
Culminate
Culminate Cul"mi*nate (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[asl]t), a. Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals. --Dana.
Culminated
Culminate Cul"mi*nate (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Culminated (-n[=a]`t[eucr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Culminating (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [L. cuimen top or ridge. See Column.] 1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead. As when his beams at noon Culminate from the equator. --Milton. 2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc. The reptile race culminated in the secondary era. --Dana. The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating. --Motley.
Culminating
Culminate Cul"mi*nate (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Culminated (-n[=a]`t[eucr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Culminating (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [L. cuimen top or ridge. See Column.] 1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead. As when his beams at noon Culminate from the equator. --Milton. 2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc. The reptile race culminated in the secondary era. --Dana. The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating. --Motley.
Culmination
Culmination Cul"mi*na"tion (k[u^]l`m?-n?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. culmination] 1. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit. 2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
Moon-culminating
Moon-culminating Moon"-cul"mi*na`ting, a. Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon at culmination, for determining terrestrial longitude.

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- Cynan Dindaethwy, King (798–816) Dumnonia (complete list) – Donyarth ap Culmin, King (c.661–c.700) Geraint of Dumnonia, King (c.700–c.710) Kingdom of East...
- Clemen, "Petroc Splintered Spear" (c. 633 – c. 654) Culmin ap Petroc (c. 659 – c. 661) Donyarth ap Culmin (c. 661 – c. 700) Kings recorded in Anglo-Saxon...
- Petroc may have had two sons, Culmin (or Cwlfyn) and Progmael (or Brochwel).[citation needed] In the later case, Culmin is given as the son of Progmael...
- III, oil on canvas, 1787. Klismos chair, c. 1790, Danish Design Museum. Culmin's Ghost Appears to his Mother, oil on canvas, 1794. Abildgaard married Anna...
- Culmin's Ghost Appears to his Mother is an oil on canvas painting of 1794 by the Danish neoclassical artist Nicolai Abildgaard. It depicts a scene from...
- and 1040. The name comes from a stream that comes descends the mountain (Culmin-aha, Culmna). This stream was later renamed Kohlenbach due to a misunderstanding...
- 613–c.633) Petroc Baladrddellt, King (c.633–c.654) Culmin ap Petroc, King (c.659–c.661) Donyarth ap Culmin, King (c.661–c.700) Geraint of Dumnonia, King (c...
- Palazzo Pitti, Florence (url) Nicolai Abildgaard (1743–1809), 1 painting : Culmin's Ghost Appears to his Mother, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (url) Oswald Achenbach...