levelling off
Reaching a plateau
Levelling off is the process of becoming steady after a period of increase or decrease.
Aircraft level off when they stop climbing and maintain altitude.
Statistics level off when growth or decline stabilizes: Infection rates are finally levelling off.
The British spelling; Americans write leveling off.
- curve flatteningReducing maximum by distributing load
- growth curveGraph of increase
- flatteningReducing to evenness
- variance reductionLowering estimate scatter
- rate of changeMeasure of variation speed
tapering · slowing down · peaking · topping out · plateau · equilibrium · stabilization · moderation · cresting · normalization · lull · steadying · balancing · settling · inflation control · adjustment · market correction · stress reduction
levelling offrising
Act of ascending
climbing · increasing · soaring · surging · accelerating
levelling offaccelerating
Increasing in speed
picking up speed · intensifying · escalating · building · snowballing
level, levelling, leveling, levels, leveled, levelled, leveler, leveller