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  • peak — peak1 W3 [pi:k] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time)¦ 2¦(mountain)¦ 3¦(point)¦ 4¦(hat)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from pike mountain, hill (13 21 centuries), probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) ¦(TIME)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • peak — 1 noun (C) 1 TIME (usually singular) the time when something or someone is strongest, most successful, or best: Her career was at its peak. | Sales have reached a new peak. | be at your peak/reach your peak: Most athletes have reached their peak… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • peak — n. 1) to reach a peak 2) to scale the peak (of a mountain) 3) at the peak (at the peak of her success) * * * [piːk] to reach a peak at the peak (at the peak of her success) to scale the peak (of a mountain) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • peak — 01. Traffic is busiest at the [peak] hours of 3:30 5:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. 02. We could just barely see the mountain [peak] from where we were standing. 03. Sales of ice cream normally reach their [peak] in the month of August, when the… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • Peak bagging — (also hill bagging, mountain bagging, Munro bagging,[1] or just bagging) is an activity in which hillwalkers and mountaineers attempt to reach the summit of some collection of peaks, usually those above some height in a particular region, or… …   Wikipedia

  • peak — [n1] top of something aiguille, alp, apex, brow, bump, cope, crest, crown, hill, mount, mountain, pinnacle, point, roof, spike, summit, tip, vertex; concepts 509,836 Ant. base, bottom, nadir peak [n2] maximum, zenith acme, apex, apogee, capstone …   New thesaurus

  • Peak uranium — is the point in time that the maximum global uranium production rate is reached. After that peak, the rate of production enters a terminal decline. While Uranium is used in nuclear weapons, its primary use is for energy generation via nuclear… …   Wikipedia

  • Reach Out — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Reach Out» Sencillo de Hilary Duff del álbum Best of Hilary Duff Publicación 16 de noviembre de 2008 Género(s) …   Wikipedia Español

  • Peak Wilderness sanctuary (Sri Lanka) — Peak Wilderness sanctuary is the third largest by area natural reserve of the 50 that are in Sri Lanka.Peak Wilderness sanctuary is a tropical rain forest that spreads over a land of 224 square kilometers around the Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak)… …   Wikipedia

  • Peak kilovoltage — (kVp) is the maximum voltage applied across an X ray tube. It determines the kinetic energy of the electrons accelerated in the X ray tube and the peak energy of the X ray emission spectrum. The actual voltage across the tube may fluctuate.kVp… …   Wikipedia

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