mesa
A flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edgesA flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.
Meaning
2 sensesA flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.
A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us around a low mesa to the Little Colorado River.
Tafelberg
столова́я гора́stolovája gorá
flat tableland with steep edges
A structure with components rising above the insulating substrate that surrounds it
The ohmic contacts were deposited at the edge of the mesa.
Translations
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Origin
First attested 1759, from Spanish mesa (“table”), from Latin mēnsa. Doublet of mensa.First attested 1759, from Spanish mesa (“table”), from Latin mēnsa. Doublet of mensa.
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