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flatnesses

flatnesses is the plural of flatness.

Meaning of flatness

Noun

flatness (countable and uncountable, plural flatnesses)

  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. Lack of bouquet and freshness of a wine, through too much aeration or infection with film yeasts
  6. slim-tailedness or platykurtosis.

Questions about flatnesses

What is flatnesses the plural of?
Flatnesses is the plural of flatness.

Words near flatnesses in the dictionary

  1. flatmates
  2. flatmount
  3. flatmounted
  4. flatmounts
  5. flatness
  6. flatnesses
  7. flatnose
  8. flatnose catshark
  9. flatnose catsharks
  10. flatology
  11. flatowner

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