peak

Betekenis (English)

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.

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snerpend

voleinding

wegkwijnen

climax

hoekpunt

beëindiging

bovenstuk

highest point

mountain peak

grow feeble

mountain ridge

grow weak

sharp point

boils sens de bouillir

upper part

being at one’s best

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

big rock

highest possible

peak output

poignant

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/piːk/

Inherited from Middelengels

Inherited from Oudengels

Cognate with Nederlands

Cognate with Deens

Cognate with Zweeds

Cognate with Noors

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.

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