Definition of "mesa" in Englisch

noun

1. 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.

2. (electronics) a structure with components rising above the insulating substrate that surrounds it

   • The ohmic contacts were deposited at the edge of the mesa.