1. 到达顶/极点：deduction n. 演绎法 | 3. culmination 到达顶/极点 | 5. exercise 运用,实行,执行仪式

2. 中天：cuesta 单斜脊 | culmination 中天 | cultivated area 播种面积

3. 顶点;褶升区：culm 碳质页岩 | culmination 顶点;褶升区 | culpa 过失

1. 终点;高潮;顶点
    Something, especially something important, that is the culmination of an activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.

    e.g. Their arrest was the culmination of an operation in which 120 other people were detained.
           他们的被捕标志着一场另有120人被拘留的行动的结束。

1. a concluding action

    Synonym: completionclosingwindupmop up

2. the decisive moment in a novel or play

    e.g. the deathbed scene is the climax of the play

    Synonym: climax

3. (astronomy) a heavenly body''s highest celestial point above an observer''s horizon

4. a final climactic stage

    e.g. their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development

    Synonym: apogee