Peak

Peak or The Peak may refer to:

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

Other uses

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