Peak may refer to:
Arts and Fashion
- The British English term for the part of a hat known as the visor in American English
- Peak Practice, a British television drama series
- Peak Performance, a sports clothing brand from Sweden
- Peak, a sneakers brand from China
Computing
- PEAKS (software) - a proteomic mass spectrometry software, used to identify and quantitate proteins/peptides.
- BIAS Peak – a professional audio editing program on the Apple platform
Geography and geology
- A mountain peak, see summit (topography)
- Hubbert peak theory or peak oil, a theory that oil production worldwide is expected to reach a maximum level after which it will decline
- More specifically, a pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point
Mathematics and Physics
- The highest, or sometimes the highest and lowest (see peak-to-peak), points on a varying waveform
- Peak electricity usage times or peak demand, see Energy demand management
- Peak (geometry), an (n-3)-dimensional element of a polytope
Pharmacology
- Peak (pharmacology) or when a drug reaches its maximum plasma concentrations
Psychology
- Peak experiences
Transportation
- Another name for the rush hour
- The highest corner of a four-sided, fore-aft sail
- A nicknamed used to refer to the British Rail Class 44 diesel locomotives, and also classes 45 and 46
As a proper noun
- Peak Sport, Chinese sports apparel manufacturer
- Peak Records, a record label
- Peak to Peak Charter School
Proper geographical names include:
- Peak District in the Midlands of England
- Pikes Peak in Colorado, United States
- Victoria Peak in Hong Kong
- Peak, a village in Ya Tung, Cambodia
- Peak Castle, Derbyshire
Book title
- Peak (novel), written by Roland Smith.
Famous quotes containing the word peak:
“I think Ive been good, but I want to be better. I think women reach their peak in their mid-thirties.”
—Mary Decker Slaney (b. 1958)
“In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs. Aphorisms should be peaks: and those to whom they are addressed, great and lofty.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“Sleep shall neither night nor day
Hang upon his penthouse lid;
He shall live a man forbid;
Weary sevn-nights, nine times nine,
Shall he dwindle, peak and pine;
Though his bark cannot be lost,
Yet it shall be tempest-tossed.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)