culmination

culminación, cúspide

Momento más alto o importante al que se llega tras una serie de acontecimientos o esfuerzos.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: the culmination of something (The exhibition was the culmination of years of work.)

Sinónimos: climax, peak

Expresiones frecuentes: culmination of something, mark the culmination, culmination of power, culmination of glory

culminación

Momento en que una estrella o un planeta alcanza su posición más alta en el cielo para un observador.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: culmination of something (We recorded the culmination of the star.)

Sinónimos: transit

Expresiones frecuentes: upper culmination, lower culmination, culmination of something