peak load


noun
  1. the maximum load on an electrical power-supply system: Compare base load

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How to use peak load in a sentence

  • It was just before Christmas and the store was approaching the annual peak load of its year's traffic.

    The Romance of a Great Store | Edward Hungerford
  • All the schoolrooms are in use for something all day long, so the "peak load" is avoided and a great economy effected.

    Six Major Prophets | Edwin Emery Slosson
  • The peak load of peril was confronted and passed, but still his speech ranged over the bait words most potent as verbal sedatives.

    Lady Luck | Hugh Wiley