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flatness

noun — 6 senses

flatness

noun

US /ˈflætnəs/

Etymology From Middle English flatnesse, equivalent to flat + -ness.

1

The state of being flat

  • The flatness of the landscape facilitates views right across the Firth of Forth to Fife, before the railway begins to pierce the Edinburgh suburbs.2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
2

The state of being two-dimensional; planar : planarity

3

The state of being bland : dullness

4

Mattness, the quality of a painted surface which scatters or absorbs the light falling on it, so as to be substantially free from gloss or sheen

5

Beverages, Food, Lifestyle, Oenology, Wine Lack of bouquet and freshness of a wine, through too much aeration or infection with film yeasts

6

Mathematics, Sciences, Statistics slim-tailedness or platykurtosis.

Derived terms
noetic flatness

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.