plateaux

Variant of plateau

plateau definition

pla·teau (pla tō′)

noun pl. plateaus -·teaus′ or plateaux -·teaux′ (-tōz′)

  1. an elevated tract of more or less level land; tableland; mesa
  2. a period, level, etc. of relative stability, or relatively little change, as can be shown by a flat extent on a graph, etc.; specif., a period in which an individual's learning rate does not improve

Etymology: Fr < OFr platel, dim. < plat: see plate

intransitive verb

to become relatively stable or constant, as in position

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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