Plateau (disambiguation)

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Plateau has several meanings:

• In geology or earth science, a plateau is an area of relative low relief (i.e., relatively flat) at an important altitude, usually attributed to tectonic uplift or by sediment accumulation. If the uplift was recent, the area may be very flat. If it is highly eroded - a dissected plateau - it may have sharp relief. Also used for submarine areas higher that the normal sea floor depth (oceanic plateau).
• In physiology and human sexuality, plateau refers to the second stage (of four) of sexual arousal in the currently accepted Masters and Johnson model.
• As a proper name, Plateau usually refers to the Belgian mathematician Joseph Plateau (1801-1883).
  • Plateau's problem
  • Plateau's laws
  • Plateau surface
  • Plateau contour
• A Thousand Plateaus is a 1980 book by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, the second part of Capitalism and Schizophrenia
• Plateau (song) is a Meat Puppets song popularized by Nirvana.
• Plateau State, Nigeria is a state in Nigeria.
• Plateau Department is a department of Benin.
• Plateau (mathematics) in mathematics is a region where a function is constant.
• The Plateau, a neighbourhood in Montreal, part of the borough of Plateau-Mont-Royal.
• Plateau (software) is a Leaning Management System developed by Plateau Systems.
• Plateau (medication) is a condition in which a regularly-used prescription drug stops affecting the user, usually after prolonged use of the drug in question.
• Indigo Plateau, a fictional place in the Pokémon universe.
• Numbered plateaus (e.g., "I got to the third plateau after downing 3/4 of a bottle of NyQuil") are used to describe the effects of dextromethorphan (DXM) intoxication.
• Plateaux is the french plural for this word (originaly french) and the name of several subnational entities:
  • Plateaux Region, Congo
  • Plateaux Region, Togo
• PlatEAU (band) a electronic band