Definition of: climax

(klī′maks) noun
1. A progressive increase in force throughout a rhetorical or musical passage, culminating at the close.
2. Ecol. A relatively stable community of plants and animals dominant in a given locality.
3. Loosely, the culmination; acme.
— v.t. & v.i. To reach or bring to a climax; culminate. [<L <Gk. klimax ladder]
— cli·mac·tic (klī·mak′tik) or ·ti·cal adjective