plateaulike

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English

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Etymology

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plateau +‎ -like

Adjective

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plateaulike (comparative more plateaulike, superlative most plateaulike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a plateau.
    • 2017 February 1, Anna Ijjas, Paul J. Steinhardt & Abraham Loeb, “Cosmic Inflation Theory Faces Challenges”, in Scientific American[1]:
      In other words, by accepting the oracle's word and insisting that inflation occurred, you would be forced by the Planck data to the weird conclusion that inflation started with a plateaulike energy density curve despite all its problems.
    • 2022 November 4, Brian Lada, “Moon to turn red during last total lunar eclipse until 2025”, in AccuWeather[2]:
      Unlike most meteor showers that peak on one or two nights, these are long-running meteor showers that have plateaulike peaks that extend through the first half of the month.