high peak
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhighandpeak
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high
adjective
uk/haɪ/us/haɪ/
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top ...
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peak
noun[C]
uk/piːk/us/piːk/
the highest, strongest, or best point, value, or level ...
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(Definition ofhighandpeakfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The lung was inflated to higher mean volumes without having to usehighpeakairway pressures to maintain ventilation (oxygenation and carbon dioxide removal).
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Thehighpeakand deep valleys create extremes of localized microclimate.
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This is important, as ahighpeakpressure pulse (during launch) can raise the internal temperature of the object and hence sterilize it.
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It is difficult to generate mode-locked pulses without damage athighpeakpower.
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Despite the relativelyhighpeakabundance in the autumn of 1999, there was no significant main effect of year.
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After an initialhighpeak, the gas production quickly dropped to a level where no further gas production could be detected.
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We also got our independence when the whole question of gender was at ahighpeak.
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This is due to thehighpeakintensity of the pulses, which is well in the nonlinear regime.
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Thehighpeakoutput intensities are needed for efficient nonlinear frequency generation or ionization of materials, with applications in microsurgery and ionization spectroscopy.
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Finally, ahighpeakwith a lower shoulder appeared at an effluent volume corresponding approximately to the total bed volume.
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High average andhighpeakbrightness slab laser.
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We must ensure that these new techniques—and those coming forward in the future—are maintained and developed at ahighpeakof efficiency.
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A process of consultation and working together has been developing steadily and naturally for many years, and it has now reached a veryhighpeak.
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Looking forward, we are moving from ahighpeakhistorically to a prospect of a relatively low volume of orders.
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But it should not rise to ahighpeakand then fall back again.
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The more there is a slow increase in what might be called the constant-hour demand so there is a much more rapid andhighpeak.
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Let them say boldly that we are spending too much, that, in other words, we have reduced expenditure too little from thehighpeak.
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