Used in a Sentence

peaking

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for peaking.

Editorial note

Also, baseload is the opposite of peaking, because baseload generators take a relatively long time to turn on/off.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

The act of something reaching a peak.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of peaking gathered in one view.

noun

The act of something reaching a peak.

adjective

peaky; sickly; pining

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for peaking.

noun

The act of something reaching a peak.

adjective

peaky; sickly; pining

Example sentences

1

Also, baseload is the opposite of peaking, because baseload generators take a relatively long time to turn on/off.

2

Allow natural gas plants, but only for peaking and with strict emissions controls until utility scale battery installations are provisioned.

3

Unless Norway does something stupid, it seems most likely that the housing market, and household debt levels, are close to peaking.

4

Distributed solar on roofs, offshore wind, and combined cycle natural gas for peaking and base load until renewables complete their buildout.

5

If your users don't want other people peaking at their files (DropBox): yes absolutely.

6

I almost invariably ended up peaking city size as the roads entered a constant state of disrepair.

7

I'm thirty-two and therefore not very far from peaking, including salary unless you get a management function.

8

Cars per capita (or per household or per driver) peaking is a big deal even if population doesn't peak for another few decades.

9

The construction boom started about five years ago and is just peaking.

10

Often this is getting towards a decade of experience that can see skills peaking and bring a bunch of experience and know-how to a team.

11

Also, peaking at a time when collaborating coding (GitHub) matured helped.

12

It makes a lot more sense now, and oddly enough with my interest peaking in Rust and Go, it might be worth looking at again...

Quote examples

1

There was no real "peaking" for those items as far as I can tell.

Proper noun examples

1

Peaking implies it hasn't improved since then.

2

Peaking plants are crazy expensive and most of the time base load pretty greatly exceeds actual usage; it would be great to be able to store some of that energy and use it instead of a peaker.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use peaking in a sentence?

Also, baseload is the opposite of peaking, because baseload generators take a relatively long time to turn on/off.

What does peaking mean?

The act of something reaching a peak.

What part of speech is peaking?

peaking is commonly used as noun, adjective.