Peak may be:A
mountainMore specifically, a
pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a pointThe highest, or sometimes the highest and lowest (see
peak-to-peak), points on a varying
waveformPeak electricity usage times (peak demand). See also The British English term for the part of a hat known as the
visor in American English
Peak (mathematics), an (n-3)-dimensional element of a polytope
Hubbert peak theory or peak oil, a theory that oil production worldwide is expected to reach a maximum level after which it will decline
PEAKS SOFTWARE performs de novo peptide sequencing and protein identification on mass spectrometry data.
BIAS Peak – a professional audio editing program on the Apple platform
Peak Practice, a British television drama seriesThe highest corner of a four-sided, fore-aft sailA reference to
peak experiencesA nicknamed used to refer to
British class 44 diesel locomotives, and also classes
45 and
46, since Class 44s were named after British hills and mountains, but the name also stuck for the outwardly near identical Class 45s and 46s, even though these carried different names.
Stephen Peak, Australian lawyer and radio personalityAn international scout and guide week-long camp, held in the grounds of
Chatsworth, Derbyshire, UK every five years; the last two events were Peak 2000 & Peak 2005A place where students are sent to correct any rule infraction in school.
Peak Records, a record label
Peak Studios is a recording studio based in Horley, United Kingdom
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Der Begriff Peak kommt aus dem
Englischen und bedeutet Gipfel, Spitze,
Scheitelwert. Auffällige Berggipfel tragen im angelsächsischen Sprachraum häufig die Bezeichnung Peak (z. B.
Victoria Peak,
Cathedral Peak,
Dante's Peak).Ein Maximum wird in einem Diagramm ebenfalls als Peak bezeichnet, beispielsweise der Oil-Peak, das
Ölfördermaximum.In der
Messtechnik wird ein Ausschlag (plötzlicher Anstieg und Abfall) des
Messsignals als Peak bezeichnet. Zeichnet man das Messsignal gegen die Zeit, gegen den Ort oder gegen eine andere Größe (z. B. Wellenlänge) auf, stellen sich die Ausschläge des Messsignals als Gipfel / Spitzen gegenüber dem
Grundrauschen des Signals dar.
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