climacteric – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
climacteric
n.
critical point; period of great change; decrease in reproductive capacity, menopause
Climacteric
Climacteric may refer to:
climacteric
Noun
1. a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
(hypernym) biological time
(part-holonym) middle age
2. the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
(synonym) menopause, change of life
(hypernym) biological time
(part-holonym) middle age
Climacteric
(n.)
Any critical period.
(n.)
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 add the 81st year.
(a.)
Relating to a climacteric; critical.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Climacteric
Climacteric A critical period; a year in which important changes are held to occur, as in one's 63rd year (grand climacteric). But climacteric year "has more than the usual significance, when used by Occultists and Mystics. It is not only a critical period, during which some great change is periodically expected, whether in human or cosmic constitution, but it likewise pertains to spiritual universal changes" (SD 1:656n). Each person has a climacteric point "when he must draw near to death; if he has squandered his life-powers, there is no escape for him; but if he has lived according to the law, he may pass through and so continue in the same body almost indefinitely" {BCW 8:400}.
