1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent. Glanvill. 2. (Rhet.) A figure of which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each sicceeding one rise "Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience, and experience hope" -- a happy climax. J. D. Forbes. 3. The highest point; the greatest degree. We must look higher for the climax of earth...