Peak

Peak or The Peak may refer to:

Basic meanings

Geology

Mountain peak
- 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 demand or peak usage
Peak-to-peak, the highest (or sometimes the highest and lowest) points on a varying waveform
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
Peaked cap

Geography

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

People

Bob Peak (1927–1992), American commercial illustrator
Howard W. Peak (b. 1948), American politician
Jill Peak, British dog breeder and Crufts judge
Junius W. Peak (1845–1934), Confederate soldier and Texas Ranger

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
The Peak Terminus, 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
98.7 The Peak, a radio station in Phoenix, Arizona
100.5 The Peak, a radio station based in Vancouver, British Columbia
107.1 The Peak, a radio station 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", a song by Drake from Scorpion
"Peak", a song by Anne-Marie from Speak Your Mind