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Difference Between Graduation and Culmination

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Graduation

Graduation is the award of academic degree, or the ceremony that is sometimes associated with it. The date of the graduation ceremony is often called graduation day.

Culmination

In observational astronomy, culmination is the transit of a celestial object (the Sun, the Moon, a planet, a star, constellation or a deep-sky object) across the observer's local meridian. These events were also known as meridian transits, used in timekeeping and navigation, and measured precisely using a transit telescope.

Graduation

Conferral or receipt of an academic degree or diploma marking completion of studies
The rate of graduation of student athletes.

Culmination

To reach the highest point or degree; climax
Habitual antagonism that culminated in open hostility.

Graduation

A ceremony at which degrees or diplomas are conferred; a commencement.

Culmination

To come to completion; end
Years of waiting culminated in a tearful reunion.
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Graduation

A division or interval, as on a graduated scale
Shading with many fine graduations.

Culmination

(Astronomy) To reach the highest point above an observer's horizon. Used of stars and other celestial bodies.

Graduation

A mark indicating the boundary of such a division or interval.

Culmination

To bring to the point of greatest intensity or to completion; climax
The ceremony culminated a long week of preparation.

Graduation

An arrangement in or a division into stages or degrees.

Culmination

(astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
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Graduation

The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).
The graduation ball was the students' chance to say goodbye to each other.
After my graduation, I took a year out to travel, then went into an office job.

Culmination

(UK) Endpoint (usually good) arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period , usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something.

Graduation

A commencement ceremony.

Culmination

(US) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.

Graduation

(sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement on a scale, usually one of many such markings.

Culmination

(US) A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school, the term "graduation" being reserved for high school.

Graduation

The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

Culmination

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.

Graduation

(Japanese entertainment) The action or process of graduating leaving a group.

Culmination

Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.

Graduation

The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc.

Culmination

A final climactic stage;
Their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development

Graduation

The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale.

Culmination

(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

Graduation

The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

Culmination

The decisive moment in a novel or play;
The deathbed scene is the climax of the play

Graduation

The successful completion of a program of study

Culmination

A concluding action

Graduation

An academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred

Graduation

A line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement;
The ruler had 16 graduations per inch

Graduation

The act of arranging in grades

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