v. i.
As when his beams at noon
Culminate from the equator. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The reptile race culminated in the secondary era. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]
The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F.culmination ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]