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Höhepunkt — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Acme noun The highest point of achievement or development; the peak.
  • apogee noun The point on a satellite's path around the Earth where it is at its greatest distance from it.
  • apotheosis noun The act of raising someone to the rank of a god.
  • capstone noun A stone placed on top of a wall to finish it off.
  • climax noun The most intense, exciting, or important point in a story, event, or series of events.
  • culmination noun The final, highest point reached after a series of events or efforts.
  • highlight noun The most memorable or exciting part of an event, experience, or period.
  • orgasm noun The peak of sexual pleasure, occurring at the climax of sexual activity.
  • pinnacle noun The highest point of achievement or success.

Senses

Höhepunkt is used for these senses in English:

  • acme A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period. [c. 1610]
  • apogee (astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
  • apotheosis The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development).
  • capstone (figurative) A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch.
  • climax (narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
  • climax (euphemistic) The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
  • culmination (astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
  • highlight (figurative) An especially significant or interesting detail or event or period of time.

apogee — full definition

  1. noun The point on a satellite's path around the Earth where it is at its greatest distance from it.
  2. noun The farthest point from a planet reached by something orbiting it.
  3. noun The point on the path of an object moving through space where it is furthest from the Earth.
  4. noun The highest point reached by something.
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