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• Peak bagging — (also hill bagging, mountain bagging, Munro bagging,[1] or just bagging) is an activity in which hillwalkers and mountaineers attempt to reach the summit of some collection of peaks, usually those above some height in a particular region, or… …   Wikipedia

• peak — [n1] top of something aiguille, alp, apex, brow, bump, cope, crest, crown, hill, mount, mountain, pinnacle, point, roof, spike, summit, tip, vertex; concepts 509,836 Ant. base, bottom, nadir peak [n2] maximum, zenith acme, apex, apogee, capstone …   New thesaurus

• Height — is the measurement of vertical distance, but has two meanings in common use. It can either indicate how tall something is, or how high up it is. For example one could say That is a tall building , or That airplane is high up in the sky . These… …   Wikipedia

• height — W2S2 [haıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(how tall)¦ 2¦(distance above the ground)¦ 3¦(high place)¦ 4 new/great/dizzy etc heights 5 the height of something 6 be at the height of your success/fame/powers etc 7 be the height of fashion/stupidity/luxury etc ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Height 611 UFO incident — refers to an alleged UFO crash in Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, USSR, on January 29, 1986. Height 611 (also known as Mount Izvestkovaya) is a hill located on the territory of the town. View of Height 611 …   Wikipedia

• peak — peak1 [pēk] vi. [< ?] to become sickly; waste away; droop peak2 [pēk] n. [var. of PIKE5] 1. a tapering part that projects; pointed end or top, as of a cap, roof, etc. 2. part of the hairline coming to a point on the forehead; widow s peak …   English World dictionary

• height — height, altitude, elevation mean the distance a thing rises above the level on which it stands, or the vertical distance between a given level taken as a base and a thing that is above it. Height may be used with reference to whatever can be so… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• height — [n1] altitude, top part acme, apex, apogee, brow, ceiling, crest, crown, cusp, elevation, extent, highness, hill, loftiness, mountain, peak, pinnacle, pitch, prominence, rise, solstice, stature, summit, tallness, tip, tiptop, vertex, zenith;… …   New thesaurus

• height — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Vertical size Nouns 1. height, altitude, elevation; eminence, pitch; loftiness, tallness, stature, prominence (see convexity); orogeny, orogenesis, orogenics, orography. 2. (high place) mount[ain],… …   English dictionary for students

• Peak Tram — Infobox Public transit name = Peak Tram imagesize = 250px locale = Hong Kong transit type = funicular railway began operation = May 301888 system length = 1.4 kilometres stations = 6 ridership = about 17,000 track gauge = 1520 mm operator = The… …   Wikipedia

• Peak flow meter — A peak flow meter is a small, hand held device used to manage asthma by monitoring airflow through the bronchi and thus the degree of obstruction in the airways. FunctionThe peak flow meter measures the patient s maximum ability to exhale, or… …   Wikipedia