- tableland: a relatively flat highland
- In geology and earth science, a plateau, also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain. A highly eroded plateau is called a dissected plateau. A volcanic plateau is a plateau produced by volcanic activity.
- PlatEAU is an electronic music project featuring cEvin Key and Phil Western. The project resembles a very loose approach to the Download project featuring the same members. ...
- Plateau is a two-player abstract strategy board game invented by Jim Albea.
- A plateau of a function is a part of its domain where the function has constant value.
- Plateau is a song written by alternative rock band the Meat Puppets, which first appeared on their 1984 album Meat Puppets II.
- Le Plateau-Mont-Royal (The Plateau) is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland; A comparatively stable level in something that varies; Reach a stable level; level off
- (plateaus) periods during which growth is greatly reduced
- A period during which a scene is not advancing. Usually a bad thing.
- When any and all progress comes to a halt. Could be in your lifts or could be in your ability to drop fat, or lack there of. Plateaus suck, but everyone experiences them, so don’t cry over it
- All swimmers, even the world’s best, will experience what are termed “plateaus”. It refers to a period of time when a swimmer sees little improvement in their best times. Many factors need to be considered why swimmers experience plateaus, but usually perseverance and patience will break through.
- Period during training when no observable progress is being made.
- An elevated area of mostly level land, sometimes containing deep canyons. From the top of the plateau you can see for miles around.
- The time during which a wine is at its peak.
- in psychology, a period in which there is no progress in learning.
- Chainwheel. This usage is French, not English, and it is pretentious to use it when writing or speaking English.
- You may have heard this in some of our episodes. This is the area of Montreal, Canada where we podcast from!
- An extensive area of relatively flat land in an area of high relief. (Source: The Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Physical Geography, edited by Andrew Goudie et al. Blackwell Reference Ltd. Oxford, 1985.)
- A temporary or permanent leveling off in the recovery process.
- A high area with a flat top that may have deep canyons.
- A period or level at which something is stabilized for a time, represented on a graph as a horizontal line.
- (1) (Geographical) an elevated plain, tableland or flat-topped region of considerable extent. (2) (Oceanographical) an ELEVATION from the bottom of the OCEAN with a more or less flat top and steep sides.
- Point in an exercise program where no additional progress is being made (gains in strength, weight loss, increased endurance, etc). ...
- A word borrowed from geography. Here, in dieting, it means a stable level having been attained, where enough fat has been lost to match calorie intake with a lower metabolism.