The Only Use of
plateau
in
Flowers for Algernon -- Short Story
- She said I reached a plateau.
p. 8.5plateau = a time of little change after more rapid change
Definitions:
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(1)
(plateau as in: found on the plateau) high land that is reasonably flat
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(2)
(plateau as in: reached a plateau in our growth) a time of little change after more rapid change -- typically to stop increasing
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, the expression tibial plateau refers to the flat top portion of the tibia bone (running from the knee to the ankle).