peak temperature
Thermometer's top point
Peak temperature is the highest temperature reached during a process, event, or time period.
Weather forecasts report peak temperatures for the day.
In cooking, ovens reach peak temperature before you add food.
Medical contexts track peak fever.
Industrial processes monitor peak temperatures to prevent equipment damage: The kiln's peak temperature exceeded 2000 degrees.
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- highestTopmost in position
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- feverElevated body temperature
all time high · fever pitch · heat wave · heatwave · thermometer · scorching · sweltering · red hot · white hot · boiling · boiling point · melting point · climax · zenith · crest · spike · surge · thermal runaway
- thermal analysisDMA, thermogram, calorimetry, heat flow, endothermic
- weather recordsall-time high, hottest day, coldest day, snowfall record
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