flatness

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈflætnəs/
• Rhymes: -ætnəs

Noun

flatness (countable and uncountable, plural flatnesses)

1. The state of being flat
   • 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:

     The flatness of the landscape facilitates views right across the Firth of Forth to Fife, before the railway begins to pierce the Edinburgh suburbs.

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. (oenology) Lack of bouquet and freshness of a wine, through too much aeration or infection with film yeasts
6. (statistics) slim-tailedness or platykurticity

Derived terms

• noetic flatness

Translations

state of being flat

• Bulgarian: гладкост (bg) f (gladkost)
• French: planéité (fr) f
• German: Flachheit f
• Ottoman Turkish: دوزلك (düzlük)
• Spanish: planicidad f

state of being planar

• Bulgarian: планарност f (planarnost)
• French: planéité (fr) f, planitude (fr) f
• German: Ebenheit f
• Spanish: planaridad f

state of being bland

• Bulgarian: отегчителност (bg) f (otegčitelnost)
• French: platitude (fr) f
• Spanish: aburrición (es) f

mattness

• Bulgarian: матовост (bg) f (matovost)
• French: matité (fr) f
• Spanish: matidez f

lack of bouquet

• French: goût de l’évent m

slim-tailedness