Plateau

  • 41plateau — pla|teau1 [ plæ tou ] noun count 1. ) a large flat area of land that is higher than the land around it 2. ) a period of time when something stops increasing or improving: The recent boom in cellphone sales seems to have reached a plateau. plateau …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 42plateau —   in geology and earth science, a plateau, also called a high plateau or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain …

    Geography glossary

  • 43plateau — pla·teau s.m.inv. ES fr. {{wmetafile0}} 1. vassoio | plateau da gioielli, vassoio su cui si dispongono i gioielli da presentare ai clienti 2. cassetta di legno o di plastica usata per il trasporto e l imballaggio di frutta e ortaggi: un plateau… …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 44plateau — plat|eau1 [ˈplætəu US plæˈtou] n plural plateaus or plateaux [ təuz US ˈtouz] [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: Old French platel flat piece of metal , from plat; PLATE1] 1.) a large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 45plateau — noun 1) a windswept plateau Syn: upland, tableland, plain, mesa, highland, coteau 2) prices reached a plateau Syn: quiescent period; letup, respite, lull …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 46Plateau — 1 Admin ASC 1 Code Orig. name Plateau Country and Admin Code BJ.17 BJ 2 Admin ASC 1 Code Orig. name Plateau Country and Admin Code NG.49 NG …

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  • 47plateau — I. noun (plural plateaus or plateaux) Etymology: French, from Middle French, platter, from plat flat Date: 1796 1. a. a usually extensive land area having a relatively level surface raised sharply above adjacent land on at least one side ;… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 48Plateau — Joseph Antoine Ferdinand, Belgian physicist, 1801–1883. See P. Talbot law. * * * pla·teau pla tō, pla . n, pl plateaus or pla·teaux tōz, .tōz a relatively flat elevated area see TIBIAL PLATEAU …

    Medical dictionary

  • 49plateau — A flat elevated segment of a graphic record. [Fr.] ventricular p. a level diastolic portion of the intraventricular blood pressure curve, representing graphically an equilibrium or final …

    Medical dictionary

  • 50Plateau — altPlateau o Benue Plateau/alt ► Estado del centro E de Nigeria; 58 030 km2 y 3 283 704 h. Cap., Jos. Agricultura. Ganadería. Estaño y sal. Navegación fluvial …

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