plateau

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  1. noun An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
  2. noun A relatively stable level, period, or state: Mortgage rates declined, then reached a plateau.
  3. intransitive verb To reach a stable level; level off: "The tension seemed to grow by degrees, then it plateaued” (Tom Clancy).

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  • And if you actually look today at their Hype Cycle for early 2009 to late 2008, the Hype Cycle shows SOA on what they call the plateau of enlightenment. —  ebizQ Business and IT Agility News
  • In this model the plateau is the scattered prompt X-ray emission by the dust located close (about 10 to a few hundred pc) to the GRB site. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • It cuts deep into the plateau which is today dry, stony and sparsely covered with hardy drought resistant plants. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • New subgroup of Bacteroidetes and diverse microorganisms in Tibetan plateau glacial ice provide a biological record of environmental conditions —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Just below the edge of the plateau was a forest, and, on rising above it, the vast dome of Mauna Loa, of a bronze hue, rose before them, against the deep blue of a tropical sky. —  The Three Commanders
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  1. French, from Old French platel, platter, from plat, flat; see plate.

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  1. from French plateau, diminutive of plat, a plate: see plate.
 

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/plæˈtoʊ/
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