peaker
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One whose behaviour or performance reaches a maximum (of something) at a particular time.
noun
A power station used only for, or mostly for, peaking: providing energy supply only during peak usage periods.
noun
One who is open to peak experiences.
Example Sentences
- "The amplitude was sufficiently large to enable one to see the string take the shape of the compounded wave, but as the phase difference between the two vibrations changed rapidly, the visual impression was of a three-peaker curve."
- "L of them, Tryfan is clearly a three peaker from this angle, and the Glyders with their two outliers (16) complete the circle."
- "All patients and controls who achieved maximum PHA response on day six or later were called " late peakers" , and those who achieved maximum PHA response on day four or earlier were called "early peakers" ."
- "These are the teams the program team has to watch out for. They're the peakers."
- "In general, those subjects classified as rare offenders or moderate late peakers (approximately 70% of the sample) were significantly less likely than those on the high-level chronic trajectory to be male, to have poor academic achievement, to have low social support from family, to experience stressful life events, and to use alcohol or other substances."
- "The most common peaking units or "peakers" are electricity generating units that run during times of high electricity consumption."
Etymology
From peak + -er.