Peak  

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Peak or The Peak may refer to:

Basic meanings

Geology

• Mountain peak, see summit
  • More specifically, a pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point

Mathematics

• Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
• Peak (geometry), an (n-3)-dimensional element of a polytope
• Peak electricity usage or peak demand; see Energy demand management
• The highest (or sometimes the highest and lowest) points on a varying waveform; see peak-to-peak
• Peak (pharmacology), the time at which a drug reaches its maximum plasma concentration
• Peak experience, psychological term for a euphoric mental state

Resource production

In terms of resource production, the peak is the moment when the production of a resource reaches a maximum level, after which it declines; in particular see:

• Peak oil
• Peak car
• Peak coal
• Peak copper
• Peak farmland
• Peak gas
• Peak gold
• Peak minerals
• Peak phosphorus
• Peak uranium
• Peak water
• Peak wheat
• Peak wood

Other basic meanings

• Visor, a part of a hat, known as a "peak" in British English

Geography

• Peak District in the Midlands of England
• Ravenscar, North Yorkshire, a village in England formerly known as "Peak" and "The Peak"
• Victoria Peak, also known as The Peak, in Hong Kong
• Victoria Peak (disambiguation)
• Peak, a village in Ya Tung, Cambodia

People

• Bob Peak (1927–1992), American commercial illustrator
• Jill Peak, British dog breeder and Crufts judge

Products and brands

• BIAS Peak, a professional audio editing program on the Apple platform
• GeeksPhone Peak, a mobile phone
• PEAKS, a software program for tandem mass spectroscopy
• Peak Sport Products, a Chinese sneaker brand
• The Peak Twin Towers, an apartment building in Jakarta, Indonesia
• Peak (automotive products), a manufacturer of automotive products
• Healthpeak Properties, an American real estate company having stock that trades under the symbol PEAK

Transportation

• A nickname used to refer to the British Rail Class 44 diesel locomotives, and also classes 45 and 46
• The highest corner of a four-sided, fore-aft sail
• PRS Peak, a German mountain descent paraglider design
• Peak car
• The Peak stop, Hong Kong

Media and entertainment

• The Peak (newspaper), a student newspaper of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
• The Peak (TV series), a TV series in Singapore
• CFBV, a radio station branded as The Peak based in Smithers, British Columbia
• CKPK-FM, a radio station branded as 102.7 The Peak based in Vancouver, British Columbia
• WXPK-FM, a radio station branded as 107.1 The Peak based in White Plains, New York
• CKCB-FM, a radio station branded as 95.1 The Peak FM based in Collingwood, Ontario
• KPEK, a radio station on 100.3 FM branded as The Peak based in Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, a 2016 book
• Peak (novel), by Roland Smith
• Peak Records, a record label
• "Peak", song by Drake from Scorpion (Drake album)
• "Peak", song by Anne-Marie from Speak Your Mind

Other uses

• Peak Alternative High School, former school in Michigan, US

See also

• Peaking (disambiguation)
• Peek (disambiguation)
• Pique (disambiguation)