microclimax

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ climax

Noun

microclimax (plural microclimaxes)

1. A small-scale climax (in various senses).
   • 1966, Edgar Taschdjian, Organic Communications, page 174:

     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.

   • 2013, Luca Barattoni, Italian Post-Neorealist Cinema, page 138:

     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 […]