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Peak uranium — is the point in time that the maximum global uranium production rate is reached. After that peak, the rate of production enters a terminal decline. While Uranium is used in nuclear weapons, its primary use is for energy generation via nuclear… … Wikipedia
Peak Practice — is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale mdash; a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District mdash; and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 1993 to 2002, and was one of their most successful series at the… … Wikipedia
Peak-load pricing — is a pricing technique applied to public goods, which is a particular case of a Lindahl equilibrium. Instead of different demands for the same public good, we consider the demands for a public good in different periods of the day, month or year,… … Wikipedia
Peak oil — A logistic distribution shaped production curve, as originally suggested by M. King Hubbert in 1956 … Wikipedia
Peak — The transition from the end of an economic expansion to the start of a contraction. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. peak peak 1 [piːk] noun [countable] the time when prices, shares etc have reached their highest point or level: • … Financial and business terms
peak — The high point at the end of an economic expansion until the start of a contraction. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. peak peak 1 [piːk] noun [countable] the time when prices, shares etc have reached their highest point or level: • The… … Financial and business terms
Month — For the Egyptian hawk god, see Monthu. A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which was first used and invented in Mesopotamia, as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. The traditional concept… … 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
peak — peak1 W3 [pi:k] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time)¦ 2¦(mountain)¦ 3¦(point)¦ 4¦(hat)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from pike mountain, hill (13 21 centuries), probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) ¦(TIME)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
peak — 01. Traffic is busiest at the [peak] hours of 3:30 5:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. 02. We could just barely see the mountain [peak] from where we were standing. 03. Sales of ice cream normally reach their [peak] in the month of August, when the… … Grammatical examples in English
Peak Reservation Ordinance — Hill District Reservation Ordinance, Ordinance No.4 of 1904cite press release title = Council Sittiing Record of Legislative Council of Hong Kong publisher = Legislative Council of Hong Kong date = 28th March, 1904 url =… … Wikipedia
