central peak
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcentralandpeak
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central
adjective
uk/ˈsen.trəl/us/ˈsen.trəl/
in, at, from, or near the centre or most important part ...
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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 ofcentralandpeakfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is a lowcentralpeakat the midpoint.
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Near the middle is a lowcentralpeakthat is offset to the northwest of center.
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Offset to the west of the middle is a lowcentralpeak.
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Where the impact crater is complex, acentralpeakemerges from the floor of the crater.
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In place of acentralpeak, a small crater lies very close to the crater midpoint.
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This tends to create landscapes with a single,centralpeak.
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Thecentralpeakis broadened by the short interspike intervals and variability in spike latency of the response transient.
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Although thecentralpeakgoverning the 1941 map is still salient, it has collapsed and lost its attractive force to the periphery.
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This will not only reduce the total pulse energy but also introduce additional high spatial frequencies into the near-field diffracting energy away from thecentralpeakand into side lobes.
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For our pixel-segmentation algorithm, when the pixels are outside the commoncentralpeak, these pixels are often assigned to be in one of the uncommon segments.
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The arc of dark hills visible on the crater's floor probably represents remnants of acentralpeakring.
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The interior floor is nearly level with the aforementionedcentralpeakformation located at the midpoint.
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The interior floor has a lowcentralpeakthat is offset slightly to the north from the midpoint.
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The inner walls are terraced and the interior is somewhat rough, with acentralpeakat the midpoint.
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The interior floor is nearly featureless, with nocentralpeakat the midpoint and only a few tiny craterlets.
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At the midpoint of the floor is a formation of mounts that comprise thecentralpeak.
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Nothing remains of acentralpeak, if it ever possessed such a feature.
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There is a smallcentralpeakat the midpoint, which forms part of a low ridge that bends to the northeast.
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The crater floor is nearly flat, with a smallcentralpeakto the north of the midpoint, forming a linear ridge toward the north-northeast.
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