peak load in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for peak load in the English»Italian Dictionary

peak load [ˈpiːkˌləʊd] N ELEC

peak load

carico m massimo

Translations for peak load in the Italian»English Dictionary

carico massimo ELEC

peak load or demand

Translations for peak load in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.load [Brit ləʊd, Am loʊd] N

1. load (sth carried on vehicle, animal, ship, plane):

load

carico m

load fig

peso m

load fig

carico m

load fig

fardello m

a lorry shed its load on the motorway today

un camion ha rovesciato il suo carico sull'autostrada oggi

to have a heavy load to bear fig

dover portare un pesante fardello

to take a load off one's mind

liberarsi da un peso or togliersi un peso dal cuore

it's a load off my mind

mi sono liberato di un peso

a bus-load of children was crossing the road

i bambini scesi dall'autobus stavano attraversando la strada

a whole plane-load of passengers filled the departure lounge

la sala partenze era occupata dai passeggeri dell'aereo

2. load (weight):

load TECH, MECH

carico m

load TECH, MECH

pressione f

load TECH, MECH

spinta f (on su)

this beam has a load of 10 tons

questa trave ha un carico di 10 tonnellate

do not exceed maximum load

non superare il carico massimo

3. load (shipment, batch):

load (of sand, gravel, cement etc.)

carico m

I've done four loads of washing this morning

ho fatto quattro macchinate (di biancheria) oggi

4. load ELEC:

load

carico m

5. load (amount of work):

load fig

(carico di) lavoro m

we must lighten the load of young doctors

dobbiamo alleggerire il carico di lavoro dei giovani dottori

let's try and spread the load

cerchiamo di ripartire il lavoro da fare

6. load (a lot) inf:

a load or a whole load of people, books

un mucchio or un sacco di gente, di libri

II.loads N

loads npl inf:

loads of people, photos, flowers

un mucchio di gente, di foto, di fiori

we've got loads of time

abbiamo un mucchio di tempo

there was loads of champagne

c'era champagne a fiumi

we had loads to drink

avevamo un mucchio di roba da bere

I've seen, done it loads of times before

l'ho già visto, fatto un sacco di volte

to have loads of energy

avere tantissima energia

to have loads of work

avere un mucchio di lavoro

to have loads of money

avere un sacco di soldi

III.load [Brit ləʊd, Am loʊd] VB trans

1. load vehicle, ship, donkey, gun, washing machine:

load

caricare (with con)

to load a camera

caricare una macchina fotografica

to load the luggage into the car

caricare i bagagli in macchina

2. load COMPUT:

load program

caricare

3. load ELEC:

load system

aumentare il carico di

4. load (in insurance):

load premium

maggiorare

5. load (inundate, give generously) fig:

to load sb with presents, honours

colmare qn di

6. load (tamper with):

load dice

truccare

to load the dice against sb fig

svantaggiare in modo disonesto qn

IV.load [Brit ləʊd, Am loʊd] VB intr

load

fare un carico

V.load [Brit ləʊd, Am loʊd]

get a load of this! (listen)

ascolta un po'!

get a load of that! (look)

guarda un po' quello!

that's a load of old rubbish or nonsense or cobblers inf

è un mucchio or un sacco di sciocchezze or di idiozie

a load of crap

un sacco di stronzate

I.peak¹ [Brit piːk, Am pik] N

1. peak (of mountain):

peak

picco m

peak

cima f

peak

vetta f

peak

sommità f (of di)

2. peak (of cap):

peak

visiera f

3. peak:

peak (of inflation, demand, market)

picco m

peak (of inflation, demand, market)

punta f

peak (of quantity, price)

valore m massimo (in in; of di)

peak (in hormone)

picco m

peak (in popularity)

culmine m

peak (in popularity)

apice m

peak (in popularity)

vertice m

peak (on a graph)

picco m

to be at its or a peak

essere al culmine

4. peak fig:

peak (high point) (of career, achievement, empire, mental powers, creativity)

culmine m

peak (high point) (of career, achievement, empire, mental powers, creativity)

apice m (of di)

peak (of fitness, form)

meglio m

peak (of fitness, form)

top m (of di)

her success is at its peak or she is at the peak of her success

è al culmine del successo

her fitness is at its peak or she is at the peak of her fitness

è al top della forma

at his peak, he earned…

al culmine della carriera, guadagnava…

in the peak of condition

al meglio della forma

to be past its or one's peak

essere in declino

5. peak (busiest time):

peak

ora f di punta

peak TELEC

tariffa f intera

to cost 40 pence peak TELEC

costare 40 penny a tariffa intera

6. peak:

peak (of roof)

punta f

peak (of hair)

ciuffo m

peak (of hair)

banana f

“beat the egg white until it forms stiff peaks”

“sbattere le chiare d'uova a neve ben ferma”

II.peak¹ [Brit piːk, Am pik] ADJ before n

peak demand

di punta

peak figure, population, risk, level, price

massimo

peak fitness, form, performance

eccellente, ottimo

III.peak¹ [Brit piːk, Am pik] VB intr

peak inflation, rate, market, workload:

raggiungere un picco, un massimo (at di)

peak fig career, performance, enthusiasm, interest:

raggiungere l'apice, il culmine

to peak in May, in the morning

raggiungere il valore massimo a maggio, durante la mattinata

to peak too early runner:

scattare troppo presto, spomparsi troppo presto

to peak too early prodigy:

perdersi per strada

to peak too early (in career)

bruciarsi troppo presto

IV.peak¹ [Brit piːk, Am pik] VB trans NAUT (tilt up)

peak yard

alzare in posizione verticale

peak oars

disporre a picco

V.peak¹ [Brit piːk, Am pik] VB intr

peak whale:

peak

alzare la coda per immergersi

peak² [Brit piːk, Am pik] VB intr arch (waste away)

peak

languire

peak

consumarsi

to peak and pine

struggersi, languire

peak load in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for peak load in the English»Italian Dictionary

peak load N

1. peak load (full capacity):

peak load

capacità f massima

2. peak load ELEC:

peak load

carico m massimo

Translations for peak load in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.load [loʊd] N

1. load:

load

carico m

take a load off (your feet) inf (sit down)

sedersi

that took a load off my mind!

mi sono tolto un peso!

2. load (amount of work):

load

carico m (di lavoro)

a heavy/light load

molto/poco lavoro

3. load inf (lots):

load

mucchio m

loads [or a load] of …

un mucchio di…

Phrases:

to get a load of sth sl

stare a vedere/sentire qc

II.load [loʊd] VB trans a. AUTO, PHOTO, COMPUT

load

caricare

III.load [loʊd] VB intr

load

caricarsi

I.peak [pi:k] N

1. peak (mountain top):

peak

cima f

peak

vetta f

beat the egg whites to stiff [or firm] peaks

montare gli albumi a neve

2. peak (highest point, summit):

peak

sommità f inv

to be at the peak of one's career/power

essere all'apice della carriera/del potere

II.peak [pi:k] VB intr

peak career

raggiungere il punto massimo

peak athlete

raggiungere il massimo della forma

peak skill

raggiungere il livello più alto

peak figures, rates, production

segnare il picco

III.peak [pi:k] ADJ

peak

massimo, -a

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They reduce up to 70% of solar heat gain at its peak load, yet still provide 15% of light transmittance through the perforations.

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The busy hour is determined by fitting a horizontal line segment equivalent to one hour under the traffic load curve about the peak load point.

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Normally the diesel based power plants are either operated from remote locations or operated to cater peak load demands.

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Hydroelectric power plants have a very high ramp-up rate, which makes them particularly useful in peak load and emergency situations.

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It is calculated as the ratio of the average load loss to the peak load loss.

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Peak load gas turbines were in use on the site from 1982 to 1984, but demolition commenced after their removal.

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Distribution system designs always take the base load and the peak load into consideration.

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Solar tends to make up all of the peak load during the summer.

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A full storage system minimizes the cost of energy to run that system by entirely shutting off the chillers during peak load hours.

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It must be adequate to serve peak load requirement and at the same time maintaining adequate reserves for forced outages and contingencies.

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