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• Climacteric year — ‹ The template below (Astrology) is being considered for merging. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. › Astrology …   Wikipedia

• Climacteric — can refer to: Climacteric year, in astrology Climacteric (human), a phase in human, specially female, development Climacteric (botany), a stage of fruit ripening Climacteric (journal), a journal published by Informa Healthcare This disambiguation …   Wikipedia

• Climacteric (journal) — Climacteric   Discipline …   Wikipedia

• climacteric — c.1600 (adj.), 1620s (n.), from L. climactericus, from Gk. klimakterikos of a critical period, from klimakter rung of a ladder (see CLIMAX (Cf. climax)). A critical stage in human life, a period supposed to be especially liable to change. By some …   Etymology dictionary

• Climacteric — Cli*mac ter*ic, n. 1. A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Climacteric (astrology) — In Ancient Greek philosophy and astrology, the climacterics (Latin, annus climactericus , from Greek polytonic|κλῖμακτηρικός ) were certain purportedly critical years in a person s life, marking turning points. Historic useAccording to the… …   Wikipedia

• climacteric — 1. noun a) A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others… …   Wiktionary

• climacteric — climacterically, adv. /kluy mak teuhr ik, kluy mak ter ik/, n. 1. Physiol. a period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause. 2. any critical period. 3. a year in which important changes in… …   Universalium

• climacteric — cli•mac•ter•ic [[t]klaɪˈmæk tər ɪk, ˌklaɪ mækˈtɛr ɪk[/t]] n. 1) phl a period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause 2) any critical period 3) a year in which important changes in health,… …   From formal English to slang

• climacteric — /klaɪˈmæktərɪk / (say kluy maktuhrik), /klaɪməkˈtɛrɪk / (say kluymuhk terik) adjective 1. relating to a critical period; crucial. 2. (of a fruit) continuing to ripen after harvesting because of its own production of ethylene and carbon dioxide.… …  

• CLIMACTERIC, THE GRAND —    the 63rd year of a man s life, and the average limit of it; a climacteric being every seven years of one s life, and reckoned critical …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia