puncak
Pronunciation: /ˈpunt͡ʃak/
“puncak” is an Indonesian word. Its 15 meanings in English:
noun
- the highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point
- the highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane
- the growing point of a shoot
- the moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
- the top of the food chain
- the summit of a hill or mountain ridge
- the highest level above a certain datum or reference point that a river will reach in a certain amount of time
- the section of a wave that rises above an undisturbed position
- a point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap
- the highest value reached by some quantity in a time period
- the top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain or range, ending in a point
- the whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated
- a local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum
- the highest point, top or apex of something
- 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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