Flatness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • 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 or acuteness.
  • 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 which scatters or absorbs the light falling on it, so as to be substantially free from gloss or sheen
  • noun. Lack of bouquet and freshness of a wine, through too much aeration or infection with film yeasts
  • noun. Sometimes used as a synonym for slim-tailedness or platykurticity
  • 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
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    "My reservations about Mr. Galassi's translations have to do with a certain flatness of tone."
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