Climax

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Climax may refer to:

Biology

• Climax community, a biological community that has reached a steady state because the life there is best adapted to the area
• Climax vegetation, the vegetation that establishes itself after a long absence of human activity
• Climax (sexual), another term for orgasm

Film and television

• The Climax, a 1944 film
• Climax (film), a 1965 Norwegian film
• Climax!, a 1950s television series

Music

• Climax (band), a 1970s American rock band best known for their hit "Precious and Few"
• Climax Blues Band, a British blues-based rock band formed in 1968
• Climax (La'Mule album), 2001
• Climax (Ohio Players album), by American band The Ohio Players
• "Climax" (Slum Village song), a 2000 song by hip hop group Slum Village
• "Climax" (Usher song), a 2012 song by singer Usher
• Klymaxx, an all-female R&B band
• "Climax", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from the video game Detonator Orgun 3
• Climax, a 2013 album by the Spanish singer Edurne
• Clymax, a record label by Bill Haley when he was with Bill Haley & His Comets

People

• John Climacus, 7th century Christian monk at the monastery on Mount Sinai
• Climax Lawrence, Indian footballer

Places

Canada

• Climax, Saskatchewan

United States

• Climax, Colorado, an unincorporated mining village and a former post office
• Climax, Georgia
• Climax, Kansas
• Climax, Michigan
• Climax Township, Michigan
• Climax, Minnesota
• Climax Springs, Missouri
• Climax, New York, a hamlet in Greene County
• Climax, North Carolina
• Climax, Ohio, an unincorporated community
• Climax, Pennsylvania
• Climax, Texas
• Climax, Virginia

Transportation

• Airborne Climax, a hang glider
• Climax locomotive, a geared steam locomotive

Video games

• Climax Entertainment, a video game studio based in Japan
• Climax Group, a global game development studio

Other uses

• Climax (narrative), the point of highest tension in a narrative work
• Climax (rhetoric), a figure of speech that lists items in order of importance
• Coventry Climax, an engine manufacturer

See also

• Climacs, open source text editor
• The Climax (disambiguation)