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Significations et usages de peak
Définition
peak (adj.)
1.approaching or constituting a maximum"maximal temperature" "maximum speed" "working at peak efficiency"
2.of a period of maximal use or demand or activity"at peak hours the streets traffic is unbelievable"
peak (n.)
1.a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes"he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"
2.the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)"the view from the peak was magnificent" "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock" "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"
3.the highest point (of something)"at the peak of the pyramid"
4.the most extreme possible amount or value"voltage peak"
5.a V shape"the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
6.the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development"his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty" "the artist's gifts are at their acme" "at the height of her career" "the peak of perfection" "summer was at its peak" "......"
7.the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
peak (v.)
1.to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity"That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929" "Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million"
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Merriam Webster
PeakPeak (pēk), n. [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing. Cf. Pike.]
1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. “Run your beard into a peak.” Beau. & Fl.
2. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe.
Silent upon a peak in Darien. Keats.
3. (Naut.) (a) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. (b) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. (c) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the last sense written also pea and pee.]
Fore peak. (Naut.) See under Fore.
PeakPeak, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peaked (pēkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Peaking.]
1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
There peaketh up a mighty high mount. Holand.
2. Hence: To achieve a maximum of numerical value, intensity of activity, popularity, or other characteristic, followed by a decline; as, the stock market peaked in January; his performance as a pitcher peaked in 1990; sales of the XTX model peaked at 20,000 per year.
3. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly. “Dwindle, peak, and pine.” Shak.
4. [Cf. Peek.] To pry; to peep slyly. [archaic] Shak.
Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
PeakPeak, v. t. (Naut.) To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular.
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Définition (complément)
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Synonymes
peak (adj.)
peak (n.)
acme, apex, apogee, apotheosis, bill, bloom, blossom, climax, crescendo, crest, crown, culminating point, culmination, efflorescence, elevation, extremum, eyeshade, flower, flush, height, heyday, highest point, highlight, high point, meridian, mountain peak, mountain ridge, mountain top, mountain-top, pinnacle, point, prime, summit, superlative, tip, tiptop, top, vertex, vertices, visor, vizor, zenith
peak (v.)
Voir aussi
peak (v.)
Locutions
⇨ Adam's Peak • Communism Peak • Expiratory Peak Flow Rate • Handies Peak • North Peak • Peak Expiratory Flow Rate • Pike's Peak • Pobeda Peak • Pobedy Peak • Stalin Peak • Uncompahgre Peak • Wheeler Peak • mountain peak • off-peak • peak condition • peak flow • peak hour • peak season • peak-seaason • roof peak • widow's peak
⇨ Abajo Peak • Academia Peak • Ahtopol Peak • Akutan Peak • Algonquin Peak • Arda Peak • Asen Peak • Asparuh Peak • Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad • Avicenna Peak • Battle of the Peak • Bei Peak • Blackwell in the Peak • Boistfort Peak • Bottleneck Peak and Moon • Bowles West Peak • Bragg peak • Brown Peak (Sturge Island) • Burdick South Peak • Burdick West Peak • Canetti Peak • Capilla Peak Observatory • Capitol Peak (Thurston County) • Castle Peak (Antarctica) • Castle Peak Bay • Castle Peak Road • Castle Peak, Hong Kong • Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company • Chambe Peak • Chapman's Peak • Chembra Peak • Chepelare Peak • Chirpan Peak • Cloud Peak Wilderness • Cloud Peak Wilderness Area • Columbia Peak • Comments on the Peak of Eloquence • Comments on the Peak of Eloquence (Ibn Abi al-Hadid) • Concord Peak • Crazy Peak • Cucamonga Peak • Decennial Peak • Delano Peak • Delchev Peak • Devil's Peak • Devil's Peak, Hong Kong • Devils Peak • Doddabetta peak • Dospat Peak • East Peak Mount Osceola • Elena Peak • Emory Peak • Etropole Peak • Fram Peak • Francs Peak • Fremont Peak (Wyoming) • Fremont Peak Observatory • Fremont Peak State Park • Ghiaurov Peak • Glacier Peak Wilderness • Heaven's Peak • Hemus Peak • High Peak Estate • Hole in the Mountain Peak • Hubbert peak implications • Hubbert's peak theory • Hubberts peak theory • Humboldt Peak • Ibn Sina Peak • Intuition Peak • Iroquois Peak • Ismoil Somoni Peak • Jade Peak Pagoda • Jiminy Peak (ski area) • Kalofer Peak • Karlovo Peak • Kazanlak Peak • King Peak (Antarctica) • Kitt Peak National Observatory • Klisura Peak • Knife Peak • Komini Peak • Kowloon Peak • Krichim Peak • Kriváň (peak) • Kuber Peak • Kyes Peak • Lantau Peak • Lars Christensen Peak • Levski Peak (Antarctica) • List of peaks of the Peak District • Lom Peak • Longs Peak • Ludogorie Peak • Lyaskovets Peak • Lyulin Peak • Madara Peak • Maritsa Peak • Marys Peak • Matterhorn Peak • Mawson Peak • Melnik Peak • Mesta Peak • Mitre Peak • Mitre Peak, New Zealand • Mitre Peak, Pakistan • Miziya Peak • Moldoveanu Peak • Momchil Peak • Monte Cristo Peak • Nacimiento (mountain peak) • Norse Peak Wilderness • Ongal Peak • Orizaba Peak • Ouray Peak • Owens Peak • Owens Peak Wilderness • Paisiy Peak • Passy Peak • Paulina Peak • Peak (geometry) • Peak 5390 • Peak Charles National Park • Peak Downs Highway • Peak Fitness Racing • Peak Forest Tramway • Peak Performance • Peak Range National Park • Peak Wilderness Sanctuary • Peak earning years • Peak envelope power • Peak experience • Peak inverse voltage • Peak meter • Peak of Eloquence with comments (Muhammad Abduh) • Peak program meter • Peak programme meter • Peak sanctuaries • Peak, South Carolina • Peter Peak • Petko Voyvoda Peak • Petrich Peak • Pike's Peak Gold Rush • Pikes Peak • Pikes Peak Community College • Pikes Peak Council • Pikes Peak International Raceway • Plana Peak • Plovdiv Peak • Pyramid Peak (Antarctica) • Pyramid Peak (California) • Queen Mary's Peak • Radichkov Peak • Radnevo Peak • Radoy Ralin Peak • Ravda Peak • Rayna Knyaginya Peak • Razgrad Peak • Redondo Peak • Rock climbing in the Peak District • Rodopi Peak • Ruse Peak • Saddle Peak National Park • Sakar Peak • Sarychev Peak • Sentinel Peak • Sentinel Peak (Alberta) • Sentinel Peak (Antarctica) • Sentinel Peak (Arizona) • Serdica Peak • Sevtopolis Peak • Shire of Peak Downs • Shishman Peak • Shumen Peak • Simeon Peak • Sitalk Peak • Sliven Peak • Spartacus Peak • St. Boris Peak • St. Cyril Peak • St. Methodius Peak • St. Naum Peak • Stanley Peak, South Georgia • Sunset Peak • Telescope Peak • The Angel's Peak • Tilicho Peak • Trapper Peak (Montana) • Triple Divide Peak • Triple Divide Peak (Montana) • Tsing Yi Peak • Turquino Peak • Vernonia Peak Observatory • Victoria Peak • Victorio Peak • Vorposten Peak • Wetterhorn Peak • Wilson Peak • Wind River Peak
Dictionnaire analogique
peak (adj.)
maximum[Classe]
peak (adj.)
maximum[Classe]
peak (n.)
peak (n.)
place, spot, topographic point[Hyper.]
top - clear, top - cap, crest - breast, summit[Dérivé]
peak (n.)
partie supérieure d'une chose (fr)[ClasseHyper.]
extreme, extreme point, extremum[Hyper.]
apical[Dérivé]
peak (n.)
borne, limite maximale (fr)[Classe]
limit, limitation[Hyper.]
peak, top out - peaky, spiky[Dérivé]
peak (n.)
convexity, convex shape[Hyper.]
point, sharpen, taper[Dérivé]
alpenstock - arrowhead - knife - pencil - blade, brand, steel, sword - cone, cone shape, conoid[Desc]
peak (n.)
degré le plus haut (fr)[ClasseHyper.]
(maximum), (a maximum of)[Caract.]
(box-office success; prosperity; seller; smash; blockbuster; megahit; smash hit)[termes liés]
peak (n.)
peak (v.)
arrive at, attain, come, come to, gain, hit, lead to, make, reach[Hyper.]
extremum, peak - acme, apogee, climax, culmination, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, prime, summit, superlative, tiptop, top[Dérivé]
arise, ascend, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise[Domaine]
bottom out[Ant.]
Wikipedia
Peak
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Peak may refer to:
Arts and Fashion
- The British English term for the part of a hat known as the visor in American English
- Peak Practice, a British television drama series
- Peak Performance, a sports clothing brand from Sweden
- Peak, a sneakers brand from China
Computing
- PEAKS (software) - a proteomic mass spectrometry software, used to identify and quantitate proteins/peptides.
- BIAS Peak – a professional audio editing program on the Apple platform
Geography and geology
- A mountain peak, see summit (topography)
- Hubbert peak theory or peak oil, a theory that oil production worldwide is expected to reach a maximum level after which it will decline
- More specifically, a pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point
Mathematics and Physics
- The highest, or sometimes the highest and lowest (see peak-to-peak), points on a varying waveform
- Peak electricity usage times or peak demand, see Energy demand management
- Peak (geometry), an (n-3)-dimensional element of a polytope
Pharmacology
- Peak (pharmacology) or when a drug reaches its maximum plasma concentrations
Psychology
Transportation
- Another name for the rush hour
- The highest corner of a four-sided, fore-aft sail
- A nicknamed used to refer to the British Rail Class 44 diesel locomotives, and also classes 45 and 46
As a proper noun
- Peak Sport, Chinese sports apparel manufacturer
- Peak Records, a record label
- Peak to Peak Charter School
Proper geographical names include:
- Peak District in the north of England
- Pikes Peak in Colorado, United States
- Victoria Peak in Hong Kong
- Peak, a village in Ya Tung, Cambodia
- Peak Castle, Derbyshire
Book title
- Peak (novel), written by Roland Smith.
See also
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