culmination

aboutissement, apogée

Point le plus élevé ou le plus important atteint après une suite d’événements ou d’efforts.

En anglais simple : The highest or most important point reached after a series of events or efforts.

• The award was the culmination of her career.
• This agreement marks the culmination of months of talks.
• Their final performance was the culmination of a long tour.

Comment l'utiliser : the culmination of something (The exhibition was the culmination of years of work.)

Synonymes : climax, peak

Expressions courantes : culmination of something, mark the culmination, culmination of power, culmination of glory

culmination

Moment où une étoile ou une planète atteint sa position la plus haute dans le ciel pour un observateur.

En anglais simple : The moment when a star or planet reaches its highest position in the sky above an observer.

• The star approaches its upper culmination.
• The astronomer calculated the time of culmination.
• We measured the altitude of the planet at culmination.

Comment l'utiliser : culmination of something (We recorded the culmination of the star.)

Synonymes : transit

Expressions courantes : upper culmination, lower culmination, culmination of something