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To squash dimensions until something complicated becomes obediently, gloriously simple.
means To make something flat, level, or one-dimensional — or to crush an opponent, a curve, or a nested data structure.
from From Middle English 'flat,' tied to Old Norse 'flatr,' meaning level; the '-en' verb suffix turned the shape into an action around the 14th century.
Coder speakTurns nested arrays into one tidy list.
Pandemic fameFlatten the curve entered global vocabulary in 2020.
Math moveProjects higher dimensions down onto a plane.
Knockout senseTo flatten someone means a decisive defeat.