Climax

Climax

Arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of ascending power.

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Printing & publishing; Publishing

A decisive moment or culmination in a dramatic or literary work that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot; also known as catastasis. Compare catastrophe, ...

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Natural environment; Coral reefs

The final stage in ecological succession that is able to persist in the absence of environmental change.

climax

Biology; Ecology

The steady, end stage in ecological evolution of a variety of plant and animal species is termed as climax.

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Dance; Choreography

Sequential arrangement to achieve a key statement or intensity; the portion of the composition given primary emphasis or representing culmination; the most intense or highest ...

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Health care; Sexual health

An orgasm or to have an orgasm.

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Earth science; Soil science

The most advanced successional community of plants capable of development under, and in dynamic equilibrium with, the prevailing environment.

die poesie

Literature; Literary terms

Die Poesie ist fuer die Romantiker eine progressive Universalpoesie. Sie vereinigt alle Gattungen und sie ist lebendig und gesellig. Nur sie kann das Leben romantisieren, denn sie ...

die einbildungskraft

Literature; Literary terms

Die Symbole und Geheimnisse der Natur koennen nur mit der Einbildungskraft entdeckt und versteht werden. Sie erlaubt dem Kuenstler, die Wahrheit hinter den Schein zu sehen und ...

argument

Literature; Literary terms

An argument is a statement by the narrator in which he invokes a muse or guiding spirit to inspire him in his great undertaking and then to address to the muse his epic ...

applied criticism

Literature; Literary terms

Applied criticism, or practical criticism, concerns itself with the discussion of particular works and writers. In an applied critique, the theoretical principles controlling the ...

aside

Literature; Literary terms

In an aside a character expresses to the audience his or her thought or intention in a short speech which, by convention, is inaudible to the other characters on the stage. This ...

Augustan Age

Literature; Literary terms

The original Augustan Age was the brilliant literary period of Virgil, Horace and Ovidunder the Roman emperor Augustus (27 BC-AD 14. In the eigtheenth century and later, however, ...

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