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Meanings of flatness in English

Portuguese
letargia
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Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy.

letargia
Russian
приплюснутость
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Property of a three-dimensional object having one dimension significantly less than the other two.

Related terms
приплюснутость

The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss.

The property of having two dimensions.

Synonyms
Examples for "two-dimensionality"
Examples for "two-dimensionality"
1
Here and there wet trails cut the traceries, throwing them abruptly back into two-dimensionality, forming a second, harsher pattern.
Dreamsnake
2
As he looks at it, the darkness loses its two-dimensionality and deepens backward like a cave, or a black hole softly punched through the air.
Black house
Usage of flatness in English
1
To his right there was silvery flatness all the way to Kansas.
Nothing to lose
2
If you ever need.' She glances at the flatness of my belly.
The Lady of the Rivers
3
The weak spot in him is a sort of flatness of mind.
The Vision Splendid
4
They seemed to start and finish abruptly-anexcrescence in the all-pervadingflatness.
Mufti
5
The next morning we ran past the vast flatness of Port Meadow.
The Guardian
6
He still tasted the bitter, sour flatness of the water he'd swallowed.
Summer of Night
7
Her voice sounded small and far off, an odd flatness in it.
The Adventures of Sally
8
A wide expanse of flatness formed the bottom, several hundred feet below.
The Kagonesti (A Story of the Wild Elves)
9
When you see the earth, it has the flatness of a map.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
10
He looked around the table, disappointed at the flatness of their expressions.
Hell House
11
His chief feeling perhaps was one of utter discomfiture, flatness, and humiliation.
The History of David Grieve
12
Mrs. Chailey folded her sheets, but her expression testified to flatness within.
The Voyage Out
13
There was a flatness to her tone that Sam failed to catch.
The devil's touch
14
There's a flatness to her tone -She was crushed to death.
The Guardian
15
Given such extremes, a certain flatness to their performance was to be expected.
The Irish Times
16
He must have the freshness of Norfolk; nay, even the flatness of Norfolk.
A Miscellany of Men
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Translations for flatness
Portuguese
letargia
Flatness through the time
Flatness across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common