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flatness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun flatness has 5 senses
- flatness(n = noun.attribute) planeness, two-dimensionality - the property of having two dimensions; Array is a kind of dimensionality
- flatness(n = noun.communication) Array - a want of animation or brilliance; "the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway's style" is a kind of expressive style, style
- flatness(n = noun.cognition) Array - a deficiency in flavor; "it needed lemon juice to sharpen the flatness of the dried lentils" is a kind of gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation
- flatness(n = noun.attribute) lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte - the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss; Array is a kind of dullness
- flatness(n = noun.attribute) languor, lethargy, phlegm, sluggishness - inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" is a kind of inactiveness, inactivity, inertia
Derived forms adjective flat2, adjective flat1, adjective flat7
Derived forms adjective flat13, adjective flat11, adjective flat9
Derived form adjective flat8
Derived forms adjective flat14, adjective flat5
CIDE DICTIONARY
flatness, n.
- The quality or state of being flat. [1913 Webster]
- Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level. [1913 Webster]
- Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression. [1913 Webster]
- Want of variety or flavor; dullness; insipidity. [1913 Webster]
- Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to
sharpness oracuteness . [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
flatness
Dullness
N dullness, heaviness, flatness, infestivity &c, stupidity want of originality, dearth of ideas, prose, matter of fact, heavy book, conte a dormir debout, platitude, dull, dull as ditch water, unentertaining, uninteresting, flat, dry as dust, unfunny, unlively, logy, unimaginative, insulse, dry as dust, prosy, prosing, prosaic, matter of fact, commonplace, pedestrian, pointless, weary stale flat and unprofitable, stupid, slow, flat, insipid, vapid, humdrum, monotonous, melancholic, stolid plodding, boring, tiresome, tedious, davus sum non Aedipus, deadly dull and boring, DDB.Horizontality
N horizontality, flatness, level, plane, stratum, dead level, dead flat, level plane, recumbency, lying down, reclination, decumbence, decumbency, discumbency, proneness, accubation, supination, resupination, prostration, azimuth, plain, floor, platform, bowling green, cricket ground, croquet ground, croquet lawn, billiard table, terrace, estrade, esplanade, parterre, table land, plateau, ledge, butte, mesa (plain), level, spirit level, horizontal, level, even, plane, flat, flat as a billiard table, flat as a bowling green, alluvial, calm, calm as a mill pond, smooth, smooth as glass, recumbent, decumbent, procumbent, accumbent, lying, prone, supine, couchant, jacent, prostrate, recubant, horizontally, on one's back, on all fours, on its beam ends.Flatness
N flatness, smoothness, plane, level, plate, platter, table, tablet, slab, flat, plane, even, flush, scutiform, discoid, level, flat as a pancake, flat as a fluke, flat as a flounder, flat as a board, flat as my hand.
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