peak

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
2. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
3. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
4. The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
5. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
6. The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
7. The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
8. A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.

Verb

1. To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
2. To exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal.
3. To reach a highest degree or maximum.
4. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
5. To cause to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views (ellipsis of peak trans).

Adj

1. At the greatest extent; maximum.
2. (slang) Maximal, quintessential, archetypical; representing the culmination of its type.
3. Bad.
4. Unlucky; unfortunate.
5. Very good or high-quality.

Verb

1. To become sick or wan.
2. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
3. To pry; to peep slyly.

Verb

Misspelling of pique.

Συνώνυμα

top

🔝

summit

apex

climax

tip

pinnacle

acme

point

zenith

crest

vertex

maximum

highest point

culmination

height

visor

end

🔚

prime

tiptop

crown

👑

ridge

hill

mountain peak

head

heyday

eyeshade

top out

culminate

highlight

superlative

flower

🌸

meridian

limit

highest

mountain

⛰️

vizor

pike

bill

grow feeble

efflorescence

elevation

mountain ridge

bloom

prong

flush

blossom

🌼

spike

grow weak

nose

👃

high point

brow

headland

cusp

extremum

score

shaft

sharp

sharpness

sharp point

shot

spade

spicule

spiked

spine

spinner

sticker

sticking point

tab

termination

thorn

tine

mountain top

toe

topper

verge

vertices

waspish

weaken

whiz

boils sens de bouillir

upper part

being at one’s best

acantha

aculeus

aiglet

arris

point of greatest success

the highest point

top of a mountain

cuspidal point

peak yield

sticking place

peak production

sharp peak

maximizing production potential

maximum production

crank point

height peak

abutment

big rock

acknowledger

acrid

acrimonious

acute

aglet

barb

border

brim

butt

cliff

conclusion

cone

corner

cover

edge

ending

extreme

extremity

finish

fix

flood tide

foot

🦶

fore

high

highest possible

hotshot

keen

lead

ledge

limb

lurid

marge

maximal

move up

neb

needle

nib

nucleus

ogive

orgasm

overshoot

peak output

pinpoint

piton

plateau

poignant

pointed

pointedness

prod

pyramid

quill

rim

rise

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/piːk/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: pek

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: pīc

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: piek

Συγγενές με Δανικά: pik

Συγγενές με Σουηδικά: pik

Συγγενές με Νορβηγικά: pik

In summary

From earlier peake, peek, peke, from Middle English pek (in place names), itself an alteration of pike, pyke, pyk (“a sharp point, pike”), from Old English pīc, piic (“a pike, needle, pin, peak, pinnacle”), from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz (“peak”). Cognate with Dutch piek (“pike, point, summit, peak”), Danish pik (“pike, peak”), Swedish pik (“pike, lance, point, peak”), Norwegian pik (“peak, summit”). More at pike.

Προτάσεις

Applications include power generation for combined cycle or peak power .

Οι εφαρμογές περιλαμβάνουν την παραγωγή ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας για συνδυασμένο κύκλο ή μέγιστη ισχύ.

Trips peak Friday evenings for medallion cabs , and Saturday night for Green Taxis .

Ταξίδια κορυφώνονται τα βράδια της Παρασκευής για τις καμπίνες του μενταγιόν και το βράδυ του Σαββάτου για τα πράσινα ταξί.