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culm
(encz) | culm,kulm Zdeněk Brož |
culm
(encz) | culm,mour n: Zdeněk Brož |
Culm
(gcide) | Culm \Culm\ (k[u^]lm), n. [L. culmus stalk, stem; akin to
calamus. SeeHalm.] (Bot.)
The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the
bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.
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Culm
(gcide) | Culm \Culm\, n. [Perh. from W. cwlm knot or tie, applied to this
species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in
some parts of Wales: cf. OE. culme smoke, soot.] (Min.)
(a) Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite,
especially when found in small masses.
(b) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines,
consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel. --
Raymond.
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culm
(wn) | culm
n 1: stem of plants of the Gramineae |
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culminate
(mass) | culminate
- vrcholiť, kulminovať |
culminating
(mass) | culminating
- kulminujúci |
culm
(encz) | culm,kulm Zdeněk Brožculm,mour n: Zdeněk Brož |
culminate
(encz) | culminate,kulminovat v: Zdeněk Brožculminate,vrcholit v: Zdeněk Brož |
culminated
(encz) | culminated,kulminoval v: Zdeněk Brožculminated,vrcholil v: Zdeněk Brož |
culminating
(encz) | culminating,kulminující Jaroslav Šedivý |
culmination
(encz) | culmination,kulminace n: Zdeněk Brožculmination,vrchol n: Zdeněk Brož |
Culmen
(gcide) | Culmen \Cul"men\ (k?l"m?n), n. [L., fr. cellere (in comp.) to
impel; cf. celsus pushed upward, lofty.]
1. Top; summit; acme. --R. North.
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2. (Zool.) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.
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Culmiferous
(gcide) | Culmiferous \Cul*mif"er*ous\ (k?l-m?f"?r-?s), a. [L. culmus
stalk or stem + -ferous: cf. F. culmif[`e]re.]
Having jointed stems or culms.
[1913 Webster]Culmiferous \Cul*mif"er*ous\ (k[u^]l*m[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [2d
culm + -ferous.] (Min.)
Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.
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Culminal
(gcide) | Culminal \Cul"mi*nal\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*nal), a.
Pertaining to a culmen.
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Culminant
(gcide) | Culminant \Cul"mi*nant\ (-nant), a.
Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence,
predominant. [R.]
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Culminate
(gcide) | Culminate \Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Culminated (-n[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Culminating (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [L. cuimen top or ridge. See
Column.]
1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the
meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
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As when his beams at noon
Culminate from the equator. --Milton.
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2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power,
numbers, etc.
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The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.
--Dana.
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The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating.
--Motley.
[1913 Webster]Culminate \Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[asl]t), a.
Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; --
applied to the growth of corals. --Dana.
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Culminated
(gcide) | Culminate \Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Culminated (-n[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Culminating (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [L. cuimen top or ridge. See
Column.]
1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the
meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
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As when his beams at noon
Culminate from the equator. --Milton.
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2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power,
numbers, etc.
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The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.
--Dana.
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The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating.
--Motley.
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Culminating
(gcide) | Culminate \Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Culminated (-n[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Culminating (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [L. cuimen top or ridge. See
Column.]
1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the
meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
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As when his beams at noon
Culminate from the equator. --Milton.
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2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power,
numbers, etc.
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The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.
--Dana.
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The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating.
--Motley.
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Culmination
(gcide) | Culmination \Cul"mi*na"tion\ (k[u^]l`m?-n?"sh?n), n. [Cf.
F.culmination]
1. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by
a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
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2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory,
power, etc.
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Moon-culminating
(gcide) | Moon-culminating \Moon"-cul"mi*na`ting\, a.
Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same
time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of
certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris
(as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in
connection with the moon at culmination, for determining
terrestrial longitude.
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sacculmic
(gcide) | Sacchulmic \Sac*chul"mic\, a. [Saccharine + ulmic.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a dark
amorphous substance by the long-continued boiling of sucrose
with very dilute sulphuric acid. It resembles humic acid.
[Written also sacculmic.]
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culm
(wn) | culm
n 1: stem of plants of the Gramineae |
culminate
(wn) | culminate
v 1: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The
meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" [syn: culminate,
climax]
2: bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated
pointillism"
3: reach the highest or most decisive point
4: reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial
body
5: rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a
crest" |
culmination
(wn) | culmination
n 1: a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a
culmination of centuries of development" [syn: apogee,
culmination]
2: (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above
an observer's horizon
3: the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene
is the climax of the play" [syn: climax, culmination]
4: a concluding action [syn: completion, culmination,
closing, windup, mop up] |
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