Quick definitions from WordNet (climax)
▸ noun: the decisive moment in a novel or play ("The deathbed scene is the climax of the play")
▸ noun: arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
▸ noun: the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding ("The climax of the artist's career")
▸ noun: the most severe stage of a disease
▸ noun: the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
▸ verb: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
▸ Also see climax
▸ noun: the decisive moment in a novel or play ("The deathbed scene is the climax of the play")
▸ noun: arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
▸ noun: the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding ("The climax of the artist's career")
▸ noun: the most severe stage of a disease
▸ noun: the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
▸ verb: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
▸ Also see climax