Definition of "flat" in İngilizce

adjective

Having no variations in height.
- The land around here is flat.
Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- The exchange rate has been flat for several weeks.
(figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- The party was a bit flat.
- The market is flat today as most traders are on holiday.
- The dialogue in your screenplay is flat — you need to make it more exciting.
- February 16, 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk A large part of the work is, to me, very flat.
(music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
(music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- Your A string is flat.
Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.
- I'm not going to the party and that's flat.
- A great Tobacco taker too, thats flat.
(of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
(of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
(wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
(of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
(juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
(phonetics, dated, of a consonant) Sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant.
(grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English.
(golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
(horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
(of measurements of time) Exact.
- He finished the race in a flat four minutes.
(homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
(algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
(algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).

adverb

So as to be flat.
- Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.
Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.
(of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- In the mile race, Smith's time was 3:58.56, and Brown's was four minutes flat.
(with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- He can run a mile in four minutes flat.
(of a sentence) Without parole.
Completely.
- I am flat broke this month.
Directly; flatly.
(finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- The bonds are trading flat.

noun

An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- The hovercraft skimmed across the open flats.
- the eastern end of the salt flat; mud flat, tidal flat, flood flat
(music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- The key of E♭ has three flats.
(informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.
(in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
(painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
The most prominent flat part of something.
A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- a flat of strawberries
(US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- Waiter: Would you like sparkling or flat? Guest: Flat, thank you.
(postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
(rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
(rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
(geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
A flat sheet for use on a bed.
(publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
(mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
(technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
(entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
(historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
(obsolete) A dull fellow; a simpleton.
Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
(optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
(gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
(Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.