flatness

  • 121lustrelessness — noun the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss • Syn: ↑flatness, ↑lusterlessness, ↑mat, ↑matt, ↑matte • Derivationally related forms: ↑matte (for: ↑ …

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  • 122planeness — noun the property of having two dimensions • Syn: ↑two dimensionality, ↑flatness • Derivationally related forms: ↑plane, ↑flat (for: ↑flatness), ↑two dimensional ( …

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  • 123two-dimensionality — noun the property of having two dimensions • Syn: ↑flatness, ↑planeness • Derivationally related forms: ↑plane (for: ↑planeness), ↑flat (for: ↑ …

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  • 124surface plate — noun : a steel instrument of precision having a dressed flat surface or sometimes two surfaces at right angles and used as a standard of flatness * * * Mach. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat …

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  • 125Cast — (k[.a]st), v. i. 1. To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh. [1913 Webster] Weigh anchor, cast to starboard. Totten. [1913 Webster] 3 …

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  • 126Caustic surface — Surface Sur face , n. [F. See {Sur }, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the… …

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  • 127Flathead — Flat head , a. Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 128Heating surface — Surface Sur face , n. [F. See {Sur }, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the… …

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