See Also: Nelson's Column(dictionary)
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount(encyclopedia)
Nelson(dictionary)
Nelson, Don(medicine)
Air Nelson(tourism)
Mandela, Nelson(encyclopedia)
Nelson Hospital(health)
Algren, Nelson(encyclopedia)
Nelson (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Mandela, Nelson(dictionary)

climactic (oh) and Nelson's Column (oh)


climactic (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: climax]
forming a very exciting or important part of an event or story, especially near the end of it
-see also climax climax
::a climatic moment

Nelson's Column (oh)



a very tall column (=upright stone post) with a statue of Admiral Nelson on the top of it in Trafalgar Square in central London. It was built to honour Nelson, who was killed at the Battle of Trafalgar, where the British navy defeated the navy of Napoleon in 1805. It is one of the best-known sights in London.