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peak

(pēk),

The top or upper limit of a graphic tracing or of any variable.

[M.E. peke, pike, fr. Sp. pico, beak, fr. L. picus, magpie]

peak

noun A popular term for the acme of a sexual climax.

verb To reach the acme of a sexual climax.

peak

(pēk)

The top or upper limit of a graphic tracing or of any variable.

[M.E. peke, pike, fr. Sp. pico, beak, fr. L. picus, magpie]

peak

(pēk)

The top or upper limit of a graphic tracing or of any variable.

[M.E. peke, pike, fr. Sp. pico, beak, fr. L. picus, magpie]

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The boom in output of civil transport aircraft peaked in late 1991, although orders had already begun to decline.

Industrial production, capacity, and capacity utilization since 1987

This delay could explain why the database searches peaked well before the NIDR reports.

Physicians' Database Searches as a Tool for Early Detection of Epidemics

Robust production growth continued to outpace the 2 percent growth in capacity in 1988, and utilization in primary processing peaked in January 1989 at 89 percent, about as tight as it was when it peaked in 1978-79 but less tight than it was in 1973, when an extraordinary range of materials was reported in short supply (chart 5).