What does flatten mean?

Definitions for flatten
ˈflæt nflat·ten

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word flatten.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. flattenverb

    make flat or flatter

    "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises"

  2. flatten, flatten outverb

    become flat or flatter

    "The landscape flattened"

  3. flatten, dropverb

    lower the pitch of (musical notes)

Wiktionary

  1. flattenverb

    To make something flat or flatter.

  2. flattenverb

    To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.

  3. flattenverb

    To knock down or lay low.

    The prize fighter quickly flattened his challenger.

  4. flattenverb

    To become flat or flatter.

  5. flattenverb

    To be knocked down or laid low.

  6. flattenverb

    To lower by a semitone.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Flattenverb

    Etymology: flatir, French, from flat.

    If they should lie in it, and beat it down, or flatten it, it will rise again. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

  2. To Flattenverb

    Here joys that endure for ever, fresh and in vigour, are opposed to satisfactions that are attended with satiety and surfeits, and flatten in the very tasting. Roger L'Estrange, Fable 161.

ChatGPT

  1. flatten

    To flatten means to make or become flat or flatter. In the context of digital technology, it refers to converting a multi-level data structure into a single-level one. For imaging software, it could mean to merge multiple layers of an image into a single layer. The term can be used in various fields such as mathematics, computing, and others with different nuances of meanings, but the central concept remains the same, reducing multi-dimensional aspects to a singular, simple, or less complex form.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Flattenadjective

    to reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness; to make flat; to level; to make plane

  2. Flattenadjective

    to throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate; hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit

  3. Flattenadjective

    to make vapid or insipid; to render stale

  4. Flattenadjective

    to lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to let fall from the pitch

  5. Flattenverb

    to become or grow flat, even, depressed dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch

  6. Etymology: [From Flat, a.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. flatten

    [common] To remove structural information, esp. to filter something with an implicit tree structure into a simple sequence of leaves; also tends to imply mapping to flat-ASCII. “This code flattens an expression with parentheses into an equivalent canonical form.”

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. FLATTEN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Flatten is ranked #60790 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Flatten surname appeared 331 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Flatten.

    97.5% or 323 total occurrences were White.
    1.5% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of flatten in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of flatten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of flatten in a Sentence

  1. Eric Garcetti:

    We must refrain from gathering with people from outside our household, wherever possible, this most recent surge in COVID-19 cases presents us with an opportunity to work together, again, to reduce its spread and flatten the curve.

  2. Dan Field:

    The best thing everybody can do to help the medical profession as follow the rules set down to flatten the curve by minimizing contact and risk of infection. Only go to the emergency department if you are sicker than a dog and feel like you are heading towards death, otherwise, find some way of triaging yourself through telemedicine and similar no-contact communication.

  3. Health Commissioner Adam Crum:

    We've been looking at the curve in Alaska, we've been able to flatten that curve because Alaskans are doing a good job.

  4. Jerome Adams:

    The good news is that states like Washington, like California, countries like Italy, when White House experts leaned into aggressive mitigation, White House experts're being able to flatten White House experts curve, the governors get to make the decisions, but we're going to give them the best possible guidance we can and that's to stay at home and social distance.

  5. Arnoud Balhuizen:

    By the end of this year, there will be additional iron ore coming from Australia, from Brazil, our expectation is that the iron ore market cost curve will continue to flatten and continue to come under pressure.

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  • سطحArabic
  • изравнявам, просвам, изглаждамBulgarian
  • planejarCatalan, Valencian
  • zploštit se, rozdrtit, uzemnit, zploštit, zplacatit se, splácnout, splácnout se, srazit k zemi, zplacatitCzech
  • jævneDanish
  • plätten, flachmachen, plattmachenGerman
  • achatar, aplanarSpanish
  • صاف کردنPersian
  • tasoittaa, litistääFinnish
  • aplatirFrench
  • presegarIdo
  • appiattire, appiattirsi, atterrareItalian
  • whakatūpā, takapapaMāori
  • aandrukken, plettenDutch
  • położyć, kłaść, równać, wyrównać, wyrównać się, zwalać, spłaszczyć, zwalić, spłaszczyć sięPolish
  • derrubar, achatarPortuguese
  • nivela, netezi, aplatizaRomanian
  • раската́ть, раска́тывать, разма́зать, расплю́щить, разгла́живать, плю́щить, расплю́щивать, разгла́дитьRussian
  • platta tillSwedish

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