microclimax

noun

microclimax

noun

Etymology From micro- + climax.

1

A small-scale climax (in various senses).

  • One can also, of course, distinguish a microclimate with a corresponding microclimax and there is no end to the distinctions and classifications one can make in this way.1966, Edgar Taschdjian, Organic Communications, page 174:
  • Io la conoscevo bene consists of nineteen macrosequences, where the protagonists are always using or giving orders to Adriana; each one with its own microclimax […]2013, Luca Barattoni, Italian Post-Neorealist Cinema, page 138:

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