Definizione monolingua

peak

peak (third-person singular simple present peaks, present participle peaking, simple past and past participle peaked)

1. To reach a highest degree or maximum.
   • Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.

peak (plural peaks)

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.

   The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.

3. (geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe.
4. (nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.
5. (nautical) The narrow part of a vessels bow, or the hold within it.
6. (nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
7. (mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.

Definizione dizionario peak

	cima
	mountain top

	culmine
	Apice, punto più alto ed elevato.
	Highest and most elevated point.

punta

	apice
	Il grado massimo di una condizione, un sentimento, ecc.

	sommità
	Il punto alto, la parte più elevata.

acme

acre

acuta

acuto

affilato

aguzzo

appuntato

appuntito

aspro

becco

colmo

cuspide

cùlmine

fine

massimo

monte

parte superiore

penna

piccante

picco

pinnacolo

pizzo

tagliente

vertice

vetta

visiera

Altri significati:

The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

To reach a highest degree or maximum.

point, sharp end

(geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe.

(nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.

(intransitive) To become sick or wan.

(nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc.

point where a function attains a maximum

(nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.

(mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of '''y''' is at its maximum.