plateau

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A comparatively stable level after a period of increase. (of a varying quantity)

   Childhood obesity, rising for more than two decades, appears to have hit a plateau, a potentially significant milestone in the battle against excessive weight gain among children.

2. 2
   verb

   To reach a stable level after a period of increase; to level off.

   Mr. [Jensen] Huang is nevertheless correct. Adoption has plateaued.

3. 3
   noun

   a relatively flat highland

4. 4
   noun

   A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.

Borrowed from French plateau, diminutive of plat (“a plate”); see plate. Doublet of platter.

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