The peak of a process or an activity is the point at which it is at its strongest, most successful, or most fully developed. The party's membership has fallen from a peak of fifty-thousand after the Second World War The bomb went off in a concrete dustbin at the peak of the morning rush hour. a flourishing career that was at its peak at the time of his death
the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock"
Peak times are the times when there is most demand for something or most use of something. It's always crowded at peak times see also peak time off-peak
The peak of a cap is the part at the front that sticks out above your eyes. To become sickly, emaciated, or pale. to reach the highest point or level. Adam's Peak Bolívar Peak Imeni Ismail Samani Peak Stalin Peak Communism Peak Lassen Peak Margherita Peak Pikes Peak
Peaks are displayed as maxima points in an energy spectrum They show the amount of counted particles with a specific energy With x-ray spectrometry the x-ray quanta generate the peaks Spectrum peaks may be characteristic of the elements present in a sample or they may arise from various artifacts The height of a sample indicates the concentration of an element
The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc