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peak bagging en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The activity of attempting to reach the summits of a collection of peaks, usually those above some height or prominence in a particular region, or having a particular feature.
    • The great thing about peak bagging with kids when they're very young is that just about anything will do. 2013, Scott Graham, Extreme Kids, →ISBN:
    • Everyone knows the English have an obsessive habit for collecting things, but there are few more obsessive pastimes than the sport of peak bagging. 2009, Oliver Berry, The Lake District, →ISBN, page 104:
  2. (uncountable) Curve fitting the resonant peaks in an oscillation spectrum.
    • When the identification is achieved, peak bagging can be performed; the theory of which is explained here. The practice of mode identification and peak bagging is developed through the use of hare-and-hound exercise. 2013, Michael J. Thompson, Margarida S. Cunha, Mário J.P.F.G. Monteiro, Asteroseismology Across the HR Diagram, →ISBN, page 109:

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Deriveds

Munro bagging