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Peak, The Peak or PEAKS may refer to:
- Mountain peak; see summit
Arts and media
- Peak (novel), by Roland Smith
- Peak Records, a record label
- 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 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
Mathematics, science and technology
Computing
- BIAS Peak, a professional audio editing program on the Apple platform
- GeeksPhone Peak, a mobile phone
- PEAKS, a software program for tandem mass spectroscopy
Earth science
- Hubbert peak theory or peak oil, a theory that production of oil, locally or worldwide, will reach a maximum level after which it will inevitably decline
- Mountain peak, see summit
- More specifically, a pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point
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
Other uses in mathematics, science, and technology
- 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
Places
- 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
- Peak, a village in Ya Tung, Cambodia
Other uses
- Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
- Bob Peak (1927-1992), American commercial illustrator
- Peak Sport Products, a Chinese sneaker brand
- The Peak Twin Towers, an apartment building in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Visor, a part of a hat, known as a "peak" in British English
- PEAK (automotive products), a manufacturer of automotive products
- Peak Alternative High School, former school in Michigan, US
See also
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