peaking
/ˈpiːkɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of something operating when something else is at a peak.
noun
The act of something operating when something else is at a peak.
Example Sentences
- "The peaking of each of these hormone levels may occur at different times."
- "Currently their best stopgap for peaking in this region is a vast fleet of small diesel gensets, which many residents are furious about."
- "It doesn’t seem likely that we’ll see many more of these coal-to-gas conversions. For one, there are just a lot fewer coal plants in the US than there used to be: we’re down to just over 200 from a peak of nearly 600. The most obvious candidates for conversion — smaller, older plants that might be useful for peaking — have probably already been converted. And as grid-scale batteries change the economic logic of peaking, even new gas plants are looking less attractive than they used to; I can only imagine that a less-efficient converted coal plant is even less compelling."