Definition of Plateauing

1. Verb. (present participle of plateau) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plateauing

1. plateau [v] - See also: plateau

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plateauing

plate powder
plate rack
plate rail
plate reader
plate tectonic theory
plate tectonics
plateable
plateasm
plateasms
plateau
plateau iris
plateau phase
plateau pulse
plateau striped whiptail
plateaued
plateauing (current term)
plateaus
plateaux
plated
plateful
platefuls
plateia
platel
platelayer
platelayers
plateless
plateless turtle
platelet
platelet-activating factor

Literary usage of Plateauing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hybrid Rice for Food Security, Poverty Alleviation, and Environmental Protection by Sant S. Virmani, C. X. Mao, B. Hardy, International Rice Research Institute (2003)
"Rice yield with the available varieties and cultivation technology, however, has exhibited a plateauing trend during the past decade. ..."

2. Technical Digest edited by G. W. Day, D. L. Franzen, P. A. Williams (1999)
"... Figure 9 - Rising Edge of Digital Signal Showing plateauing Figure 10 - DM} at 1300 run for 62.5 urn Fiber with ..."

3. Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups by Harvey Daniels (2002)
"Readers do enjoy plateauing with a beloved genre—indeed, that's often what we mean by "pleasure reading." If a teacher is still concerned, ..."

4. Cocaine Use in America: Epidemmiologic and Clinical Perspectives edited by Nicholas J. Kozel, Edgar H. Adams (1996)
"At the same time, surveys indicated a plateauing of cocaine use in the general household population during recent years. This apparent contradiction was ..."

5. Challenges in U.S.-Asian Policy: Hearing Before the Committee on by Nancy Lubin (1999)
"... but more likely bottoming out or plateauing, with maybe a few percent negative growth in 1999. So we shouldn't start with the assumption that the region ..."

6. World Energy Outlook 2006 by International Energy Agency (2006)
"In particular, the estimated plateauing of demand in 2005 was due to higher prices. In contrast, per-capita oil use for transport has been rising with ..."

7. Human Development and the Environment: Challenges for the United Nations in by J. A. van Ginkel (2002)
"... just when the environmental movement's momentum appears to be plateauing. For the parties, merely educating the public and world leaders about the ..."

8. Hybrid Rice for Food Security, Poverty Alleviation, and Environmental Protection by Sant S. Virmani, C. X. Mao, B. Hardy, International Rice Research Institute (2003)
"Rice yield with the available varieties and cultivation technology, however, has exhibited a plateauing trend during the past decade. ..."

9. Technical Digest edited by G. W. Day, D. L. Franzen, P. A. Williams (1999)
"... Figure 9 - Rising Edge of Digital Signal Showing plateauing Figure 10 - DM} at 1300 run for 62.5 urn Fiber with ..."

10. Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups by Harvey Daniels (2002)
"Readers do enjoy plateauing with a beloved genre—indeed, that's often what we mean by "pleasure reading." If a teacher is still concerned, ..."

11. Cocaine Use in America: Epidemmiologic and Clinical Perspectives edited by Nicholas J. Kozel, Edgar H. Adams (1996)
"At the same time, surveys indicated a plateauing of cocaine use in the general household population during recent years. This apparent contradiction was ..."

12. Challenges in U.S.-Asian Policy: Hearing Before the Committee on by Nancy Lubin (1999)
"... but more likely bottoming out or plateauing, with maybe a few percent negative growth in 1999. So we shouldn't start with the assumption that the region ..."

13. World Energy Outlook 2006 by International Energy Agency (2006)
"In particular, the estimated plateauing of demand in 2005 was due to higher prices. In contrast, per-capita oil use for transport has been rising with ..."

14. Human Development and the Environment: Challenges for the United Nations in by J. A. van Ginkel (2002)
"... just when the environmental movement's momentum appears to be plateauing. For the parties, merely educating the public and world leaders about the ..."

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