Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being flat.
- noun Graveness of sound, as opposed to sharpness, acuteness, or shrillness.
- noun Absoluteness; completeness.
- noun In music, the quality or state of being below a true or given pitch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being flat.
- noun Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level.
- noun Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression.
- noun Want of variety or flavor; dullness; insipidity.
- noun Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to
sharpness oracuteness .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
flat - noun The state of being
two-dimensional ;planar :planarity - noun The state of being
bland :dullness - noun Mattness, the quality of a
painted surface whichscatters orabsorbs thelight falling on it, so as to be substantially free fromgloss orsheen - noun oenology Lack of
bouquet andfreshness of awine , through too muchaeration orinfection withfilm yeasts - noun statistics Sometimes used as a synonym for slim-tailedness or platykurticity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
- noun the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
- noun a want of animation or brilliance
- noun a deficiency in flavor
- noun the property of having two dimensions
Etymologies
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Examples
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My reservations about Mr. Galassi's translations have to do with a certain flatness of tone.
The Raptures of a Tragic Visionary Eric Ormsby 2010
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Whatever you were doing pursuant to flatness is a particular: it is its own witness.
Senses and Lilies : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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"Sure, places like Facebook and MySpace and LinkedIn have their utility, but their flatness is a problem."'
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Social Networking: The Next Generation 2008
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'Sure, places like Facebook and MySpace and LinkedIn have their utility, but their flatness is a problem.'
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Social Networking: The Next Generation 2008
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Her figure was erect and flat as a lath, and this flatness was accentuated by the extreme scantiness of her drab calico dress.
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This gives a flatness, which is further increased by the habit of not breaking up even the conversation into fresh paragraphs and lines, but running the whole on in solid page-blocks for several pages together.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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The flatness was the result of an unprecedented fall of 1. 8% in the core retailing industries being balanced by a 5. 6% rise in the vehicle-related industries, the statistical agency said.
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The flatness was the result of an unprecedented fall of 1. 8% in the core retailing industries being balanced by a 5. 6% rise in the vehicle-related industries, the statistical agency said.
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The flatness was the result of an unprecedented fall of 1. 8% in the core retailing industries being balanced by a 5. 6% rise in the vehicle-related industries, the statistical agency said.
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However instead of circular not-flatness, which is common with cheaper designs, I got poor flatness left to right, which is a sign of low quality manufacture. foot switch
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