Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Land that varies little in elevation.
  • noun A geographic area composed chiefly of land that varies little in elevation.

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  • noun Any land of relatively constant altitude (with no hills).

Etymologies

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From flat +‎ land.

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Examples

  • I could -- and have -- write about the beauty and the land, the transition here from hilly river country to tidal basin flatland to beach -- but what my state gives me as a writer is more the sense that they will be really proud of me if I make it, because I'm theirs, and we're still smarting from that kickball game.

    States' rights 2007

  • That takes in a lot of stomping ground political "flatland" - where the triumph of emotional party rhetoric over meaningful discussion provides a ready-made excuse not to have one ...

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • Electrons in flatland, by S. Kivelson, D.H. Lee and S.C. Zhang, Scientific American, March

    Press Release: The 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics 1998

  • When the electron falls apart, by P.W. Anderson, Physics Today, October 1997, p. Electrons in flatland, by S. Kivelson, D.H. Lee and S.C. Zhang, Scientific American, March

    The Nobel Prize in Physics 1998 1998

  • The rub, though, is that the vast majority of our displays are stranded in flatland.

    Boing Boing: March 6, 2005 - March 12, 2005 Archives 2005

  • It is a monotonous flatland from the southern Ukraine to the wooded shores of Lake Ladoga, rarely broken by geological highlights.

    The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945

  • It is a monotonous flatland from the southern Ukraine to the wooded shores of Lake Ladoga, rarely broken by geological highlights.

    The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945

  • "At 5,000 feet it provides a vantage-point from which to survey the rest of Europe -- what Mann in The Magic Mountain calls the 'flatland,'" said Ritchie Robertson, a professor of German language and literature at the University of Oxford.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

  • "At 5,000 feet it provides a vantage-point from which to survey the rest of Europe -- what Mann in The Magic Mountain calls the 'flatland,'" said Ritchie Robertson, a professor of German language and literature at the University of Oxford.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

  • For those xkcd fans out there, you'll be hapy to know that the game from the last comic, 'flatland' is real.

    Gaming In The 4th Dimension - UFies.org 2010

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