FLATNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does flatness mean?
• FLATNESS (noun)
The noun FLATNESS has 5 senses:
1. the property of having two dimensions
2. a want of animation or brilliance
3. a deficiency in flavor
4. the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
5. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
Familiarity information: FLATNESS used as a noun is common.
Dictionary entry details
• FLATNESS (noun)
Meaning:
The property of having two dimensions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
flatness; planeness; two-dimensionality
Hypernyms ("flatness" is a kind of...):
dimensionality (the spatial property of having dimensions)
Meaning:
A want of animation or brilliance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway's style
Hypernyms ("flatness" is a kind of...):
expressive style; style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)
Meaning:
A deficiency in flavor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
it needed lemon juice to sharpen the flatness of the dried lentils
Hypernyms ("flatness" is a kind of...):
gustatory perception; gustatory sensation; taste; taste perception; taste sensation (the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus)
Meaning:
The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
lustrelessness; lusterlessness; matt; matte; flatness; mat
Hypernyms ("flatness" is a kind of...):
dullness (a lack of visual brightness)
Meaning:
Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
languor; lethargy; phlegm; sluggishness; flatness
Context example:
the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends
Hypernyms ("flatness" is a kind of...):
inactiveness; inactivity; inertia (a disposition to remain inactive or inert)
