• (n.) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit. • (n.) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/culmination/
The instant at which a celestial object reaches its highest altitude above the horizon as Earth's rotation carries it across the sky; in other words, the moment the object crosses the observer's meridian (the north-south line in the sky). Upper culmination (also known as culmination above pole for c... Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/culmination.html
An object is said to culminate when it reaches its highest point in the sky. For northern observers, this occurs when the object is due south. For southern observers when it is due North.
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Cul'mi·na'tion noun [ Confer French culmination ] 1. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit. 2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/201
In astronomy, culmination is the passing of a star through the meridian, when it has reached the highest point (culmen) of its apparent path in the sky. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GC.HTM
the act or fact of culminating. · that in which anything culminates; the culminating position or stage; highest point; acme. · the position of a celestial body when it is on the meridian. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/culmination