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   flatness

   /ˈflatnəs/

   noun

   • 1. the quality of having a level surface without raised areas or indentations: "the flatness of the external surface"
   • ▪ lack of hills in a landscape: "the flatness of the desert stretched out uninterrupted for miles"
   • 2. lack of emotion or enthusiasm; dullness: "neither the editing nor the score do much to help the film's emotional flatness"
   • ▪ lack of activity of trade, prices, etc.; sluggishness: "investors seem content with progress, despite the flatness of revenue and profits"
   • 3. loss of effervescence in a sparkling drink.
   • ▪ loss of air in something inflated, such as a tyre.
   • ▪ the condition of a battery having exhausted its charge. British
   • 4. the quality of a musical sound being below normal pitch: "the flatness of the vocals"

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