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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
plateau /ˈplatəʊ/

▶noun (pl. plateaux /-təʊz/ or plateaus)

1 an area of fairly level high ground.

2 a state or period of little or no change following a period of activity or progress.

▶verb (plateaus, plateauing, plateaued) reach a state of little or no change.

– origin C18: from Fr., from OFr. platel, dimin. of plat ‘level’.

'plateau' also found in these Oxford entries:

Aymara - dissected - escarpment - paramo - puna - shoulder - tableland

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