point of culmination
71high noon — n. 1. exactly noon 2. the highest point or culmination; period of great ability or power 3. [often H N ] a situation involving a confrontation …
72noon — [no͞on] n. [ME < OE non, orig., the ninth hour (by the Roman method, reckoning from sunrise: i.e., 3 p.m.) < L nona (hora), ninth (hour) < novem, NINE] 1. twelve o clock in the daytime; midday 2. the highest point or culmination 3. Rare… …
73Droite de hauteur — Navigation astronomique La navigation astronomique est une technique de navigation qui consiste à déterminer sa position à l aide de l observation des astres et la mesure de leur hauteur (c est à dire l angle entre la direction de l astre et l… …
74Navigation Astronomique — La navigation astronomique est une technique de navigation qui consiste à déterminer sa position à l aide de l observation des astres et la mesure de leur hauteur (c est à dire l angle entre la direction de l astre et l horizon). En navigation… …
75Navigation astronomique — La navigation astronomique est une technique de navigation qui consiste à déterminer sa position à l aide de l observation des astres et la mesure de leur hauteur (c est à dire l angle entre la direction de l astre et l horizon). En navigation… …
76United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
77international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
78summit — summit, peak, pinnacle, climax, apex, acme, culmination, meridian, zenith, apogee can mean the highest point attained or attainable. Summit is applied to what represents the topmost level attainable by effort or to what is the highest in its type …
79climax — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. acme, zenith, summit, pinnacle; turning point, culmination; orgasm. See height. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. peak, apex, highest point, culmination, acme, pinnacle, meridian, intensification, crest, zenith …
80France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
