Peaking may refer to: * Peaking, in improperly installed laminate flooring *

Antenna Antenna ( antennas or antennae) may refer to: Science and engineering * Antenna (radio), also known as an aerial, a transducer designed to transmit or receive electromagnetic (e.g., TV or radio) waves * Antennae Galaxies, the name of two collid ...

peaking, orienting a directional antenna toward the greatest radio signal amplitude * Focus peaking, a feature in digital viewfinders that detects and highlights in-focus contours *

Peaking power plant Peaking power plants, also known as peaker plants, and occasionally just "peakers", are power plants that generally run only when there is a high demand, known as peak demand, for electricity. Because they supply power only occasionally, the power ...

, or peaker, a power plant that runs only when there is a high demand for electricity *

Peaking tone A tone contour, or contour tone, is a tone in a tonal language which shifts from one pitch to another over the course of the syllable or word. Tone contours are especially common in East, Southeast Asia, West Africa, Nilo-Saharan languages, Khoi ...

, or ''rising-falling tone'', in tonal languages

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