peak
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peak (plural peaks)
- A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
- (geography) 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.
- (nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.
- (nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
- (nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
- (mathematics) For sine waves, the point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
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- apex
- top
- summit
- See also Wikisaurus:apex
[edit] Translations
point, sharp end
mountain top
upper-after corner of sail
narrow part of bow
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point where a function attains a maximum
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to peak (third-person singular simple present peaks, present participle peaking, simple past and past participle peaked)
- To reach a highest degree or maximum.
- Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.
