climax

The definition of climax is the most intense or highest point of something, or an orgasm.

(noun)

An example of a climax is during an action film when it seems the hero won't arrive in time to save the day.
An example of a climax is when a man ejaculates during sex.

See climax in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a rhetorical series of ideas, images, etc. arranged progressively so that the most forceful is last
the final, culminating element or event in a series; highest point, as of interest or excitement; specif.,
1. the decisive turning point of the action, as in a drama
2. an orgasm
Ecol. a final, self-perpetuating community of plants and animals that develops in a particular climate, soil, etc.: it will persist as long as the same conditions prevail

Origin: LL < Gr klimax, ladder < base of klinein, to slope: see incline

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to reach or bring to a climax

See climax in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series or progression; a culmination. See Synonyms at summit.
a. A series of statements or ideas in an ascending order of rhetorical force or intensity.
b. The final statement in such a series.
a. A moment of great or culminating intensity in a narrative or drama, especially the conclusion of a crisis.
b. The turning point in a plot or dramatic action.
See orgasm.
A stage in ecological development in which a community of organisms, especially plants, is stable and capable of perpetuating itself. Also called climax community.