highpointとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

high point (plural high points)

1. A climax; the best time in a given period.

   Synonyms: culmination, pinnacle; see also Thesaurus:apex

   Antonym: low point

   This has been the high point of my life.

2. (climbing) The point of the highest elevation in a given area.
   • 2008, Susan Joy Paul, Climbing Colorado's Mountains, Guilford, CT: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 141:

     Blanca Peak is one of just three ultra-prominence peaks, or “ultras,” in the state and the highpoint of the Sierra Blanca Range, a massif that includes ranked 14ers Ellingwood Point, Little Bear Peak, and Mount Lindsey.

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