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puncak

Pronunciation: /ˈpunt͡ʃak/

“puncak” is an Indonesian word. Its 15 meanings in English:

noun

  1. the highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point
  2. the highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane
  3. the growing point of a shoot
  4. the moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
  5. the top of the food chain
  6. the summit of a hill or mountain ridge
  7. the highest level above a certain datum or reference point that a river will reach in a certain amount of time
  8. the section of a wave that rises above an undisturbed position
  9. a point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap
  10. the highest value reached by some quantity in a time period
  11. the top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain or range, ending in a point
  12. the whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated
  13. a local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum
  14. the highest point, top or apex of something
  15. the highest surface on the skull; the crown of the head

Etymology

Inherited from Malay puncak, from Proto-Malayic *puncak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puncak (“peak, top”).

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