peak bagging

English

Alternative forms

• peakbagging
• peak-bagging

Noun

peak bagging (uncountable)

1. 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.
   • 2009, Oliver Berry, The Lake District, →ISBN, page 104:

     Everyone knows the English have an obsessive habit for collecting things, but there are few more obsessive pastimes than the sport of peak bagging.

   • 2013, Scott Graham, Extreme Kids, →ISBN:

     The great thing about peak bagging with kids when they're very young is that just about anything will do.

2. Curve fitting the resonant peaks in an oscillation spectrum.
   • 2013, Michael J. Thompson, Margarida S. Cunha, Mário J.P.F.G. Monteiro, Asteroseismology Across the HR Diagram, →ISBN, page 109:

     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.

Derived terms

• Munro bagging