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The state of perfect surrender to gravity, achieved by tires and ambition alike.
means Having a level, even surface without curves or bumps; also describes something deflated, lifeless, or lacking variation — from a punctured tire to a dull drink to a monotone voice.
from From Old Norse 'flatr,' meaning level or smooth, which slid into Middle English and stayed put. It's a cousin of words across the Germanic family for the same flat idea, and likely traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root suggesting something spread out or laid open. The musical sense (a note lowered in pitch) and the British 'flat' for an apartment both branch from the same level-surface notion — a flat being, originally, a set of rooms all on one floor.
- medieval roots
- From Old Norse flatr, meaning level or stretched out
- music villain
- A flat note lowers pitch by a semitone
- british home
- In the UK, a flat means an apartment
- earth myth
- Few medieval scholars actually believed Earth was flat
- flat earth
- The Flat Earth Society ironically has members worldwide
flat earth society — organization with thousands of members still claiming earth is flat, founded 1956
kansas — us state with average elevation of 2,723 feet, flattest terrain in continental america
dutch polder — netherlands reclaimed land below sea level, flat plains created by dikes and drainage