Look up: Peak


  1. Peak
    The transition from the end of an economic expansion to the start of a contraction.
    Found op http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/glossary/bfglosp.htm

  2. peak
    [adj] - of a period of maximal use or demand or activity 2. [n] - the top point of a mountain or hill 3. [v] - to reach the highest point
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=peak

  3. Peak
    1) The highest point in the audio waveform.
    2) Short for Peak Detecting (responding to the peak) or Peak Indicating (showing the peak).
    3) Having a frequency response that would draw something similar to a mountain peak on a frequency response graph.

    Found op http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm

  4. Peak
    The highest point in the audio waveform on a graph of a sound wave that would look something like a mountain peak. It is the point of greatest voltage or sound pressure in a cycle
    Found op http://www.musiconmypc.co.uk/art_glossary.php

  5. Peak
    This refers to waves. The peak of a wave (also called the crest) is simply the part of the wave with the greatest amplitude
    Found op http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/computing/MainPage/SecDepts/Physics/Resources

  6. Peak
    Highest point or maximum value.
    Found op http://www.testometric.co.uk/glossarym-p.html

  7. PEAK
    Maximum instantaneous level of a signal. The highest point in the audio waveform on a graph of a sound wave that would look something like a mountain peak. It is the point of greatest voltage or sound pressure in a cycle.
    Found op http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/music%20tech%20glossary/Music%20Tech%20Gl

  8. Peak
    (see also Primetime)
    Found op http://www.agbnielsen.net/glossary/glossaryQ.asp?type=alpha&jump=none

  9. Peak
    Technical analysis term to describe the point at which selling pressure starts to dominate over... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/peak.htm?id=12876&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of peak'>more</a>
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  10. Peak
    Extreme value of a varying quantity, measured from the zero or mean value.
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/p/e/peak/source.html

  11. Peak
    Maximum one-time exposure, usually 10 minutes. No other exposure is allowed even below TWA. (OSHA Federal Standard - also NIOSH)
    Found op http://www.chemicalglossary.net/definition/1347-Peak

  12. Peak
    Peak noun [ Middle English pek , Anglo-Saxon peac , perh of Celtic origin; confer Ir. peac a sharp- pointed thing. Confer Pike .] 1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the pe...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/37



  1. Peak
    Peak intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Peaked ; present participle & verbal noun Peaking .] 1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak. &...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/37

  2. Peak
    Peak transitive verb (Nautical) 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.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/37

  3. peak
    The top or upper limit of a graphic tracing or of any variable. ... Origin: M.E. Peke, pike, fr. Sp. Pico, beak, fr. L. Picus, magpie ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?peak

  4. peak
    adjective of a period of maximal use or demand or activity; `at peak hours the streets traffic is unbelievable`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=peak

  5. peak
    crown noun the top point of a mountain or hill; `the view from the peak was magnificent`; `they clambered to the summit of Monadnock`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=peak

  6. Peak
    • (v. i.) To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak. • (n.) 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. • (n.) The narrow part of a vessel`s...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/peak/

  7. peak
    (from the article `chromatography`) ...The detector continuously monitors the amount of solute in the emerging mobile-phase stream—the eluate—and transduces the signal, most often to a ... ...frequently approximated from the peak width and height. Modern electronic integrators will, when p...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/32

  8. peak
    (from the article `radiation measurement`) ...are sorted into the channels matching their amplitude, a pulse-height spectrum is accumulated that, after a given measurement time, might resemble ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/32

  9. Peak
    The high point at the end of an economic expansion until the start of a contraction.
    Found op http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/bfglosp.htm

  10. Peak
    The point at which a price begins to decline after a period of rising. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
    Found op http://www.equitrend.com/glossary2882.xhtml

  11. Peak
    The point in the business cycle when an economic expansion reaches its highest point before turning down. Contrasts with trough.
    Found op http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/p.html

  12. peak
    Type: Term Pronunciation: pēk Definitions: 1. The top or upper limit of a graphic tracing or of any variable.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=66339

  13. Peak
    [geometry] In geometry, a peak is an (n−3)-face of an n-dimensional polytope. A peak attaches at least three facets (and, accordingly, at least three ridges). A regular n-polytope with Schläfli symbol {p1,p2,p3,...,pn−2,pn−1} has a sequence of pn−1 {p1,p2,p3,...,pn−2} facets aroun...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_(geometry)

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