ALL meanings of flat
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F f - adjective flat Grammar. derived without change in form, as English to brush from the noun brush and adverbs that do not add -ly to the adjective form as fast, cheap, and slow. 1
- noun Definition of flat in Technology 1. Lacking any complex internal structure. "That bitty box has only a flat file system, not a hierarchical one." The verb form is flatten. Usually used pejoratively (at least with respect to file systems). 2. Said of a memory architecture like that of the VAX or Motorola 680x0 that is one big linear address space (typically with each possible value of a processor register corresponding to a unique address). This is a Good Thing. The opposite is a "segmented" architecture like that of the Intel 80x86 in which addresses are composed from a base-register/offset pair. Segmented designs are generally considered cretinous. 3. A flat domain is one where all elements except bottom are incomparable (equally well defined). E.g. the integers. 1
- adjective flat Phonetics. lenis; voiced. 1
- adjective flat Nautical. cut with little or no fullness. trimmed as nearly fore-and-aft as possible, for sailing to windward. 1
- adjective flat flat a, the a -sound (a) of glad, bat, or act. 1
- noun flat Chiefly British. an apartment or suite of rooms on one floor forming a residence. 1
- verb with object flat to make flat. 1
- verb with object flat Music. to lower (a pitch), especially one half step. 1
- verb without object flat to become flat. 1
- adverb flat in a flat position; horizontally; levelly. 1
- adverb flat in a flat manner; positively; absolutely. 1
- adverb flat completely; utterly: flat broke. 1
- adverb flat exactly; precisely: She ran around the track in two minutes flat. 1
- adverb flat Music. below the true pitch: to sing flat. 1
- adverb flat Finance. without interest. 1
- idioms flat fall flat, to fail to produce the desired effect; fail completely: His attempts at humor fell flat. 1
- idioms flat flat aft, Nautical. trimmed so that fore-and-aft sails present as flat a surface as possible, as in sailing close to the wind. 1
- idioms flat flat on one's back. back1 (def 47). 1
- idioms flat flat out, Informal. without hesitation; directly or openly: He told us flat out he'd been a double agent. at full speed or with maximum effort. 1
- noun flat Smooth and even; without marked lumps or indentations. 1
- countable noun flat A flat is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor and part of a larger building. A flat usually includes a kitchen and bathroom. 0
- adjective flat Something that is flat is level, smooth, or even, rather than sloping, curved, or uneven. 0
- adjective flat Flat means horizontal and not upright. 0
- adjective flat A flat object is not very tall or deep in relation to its length and width. 0
- adjective flat Flat land is level, with no high hills or other raised parts. 0
- countable noun flat A low flat area of uncultivated land, especially an area where the ground is soft and wet, can be referred to as flats or a flat. 0
- countable noun flat You can refer to one of the broad flat surfaces of an object as the flat of that object. 0
- adjective flat Flat shoes have no heels or very low heels. 0
- adjective flat Flats are flat shoes. 0
- adjective flat A flat tyre, ball, or balloon does not have enough air in it. 0
- countable noun flat A flat is a tyre that does not have enough air in it. 0
- adjective flat A drink that is flat is no longer fizzy. 0
- adjective flat A flat battery has lost some or all of its electrical charge. 0
- noun flat An area of level ground. 0
- adjective flat If you have flat feet, the arches of your feet are too low. 0
- noun flat (music) A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ sign placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪). 0
- adjective flat A flat denial or refusal is definite and firm, and is unlikely to be changed. 0
- noun flat (Informal) (automotive) A flat tyre/tire. 0
- adjective flat If you say that something happened, for example, in ten seconds flat or ten minutes flat, you are emphasizing that it happened surprisingly quickly and only took ten seconds or ten minutes. 0
- noun flat (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels. 0
- adjective flat A flat rate, price, or percentage is one that is fixed and which applies in every situation. 0
- noun flat (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting. 0
- adjective flat If trade or business is flat, it is slow and inactive, rather than busy and improving or increasing. 0
- noun flat The flat part of something. 0
- adjective flat If you describe something as flat, you mean that it is dull and not exciting or interesting. 0
- noun flat A wide, shallow container. 0
- adjective flat You use flat to describe someone's voice when they are saying something without expressing any emotion. 0
- noun flat (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension. 0
- adjective flat Flat is used after a letter representing a musical note to show that the note should be played or sung half a tone lower than the note which otherwise matches that letter. Flat is often represented by the symbol ♭ after the letter. 0
- noun flat A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught. 0