Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Land that varies little in elevation.
- noun A geographic area composed chiefly of land that varies little in elevation.
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- noun Any
land of relativelyconstant altitude (with nohills ).
Etymologies
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Examples
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I could -- and have -- write about the beauty and the land, the transition here from hilly river country to tidal basin flatland to beach -- but what my state gives me as a writer is more the sense that they will be really proud of me if I make it, because I'm theirs, and we're still smarting from that kickball game.
States' rights 2007
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That takes in a lot of stomping ground political "flatland" - where the triumph of emotional party rhetoric over meaningful discussion provides a ready-made excuse not to have one ...
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Electrons in flatland, by S. Kivelson, D.H. Lee and S.C. Zhang, Scientific American, March
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When the electron falls apart, by P.W. Anderson, Physics Today, October 1997, p. Electrons in flatland, by S. Kivelson, D.H. Lee and S.C. Zhang, Scientific American, March
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The rub, though, is that the vast majority of our displays are stranded in flatland.
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It is a monotonous flatland from the southern Ukraine to the wooded shores of Lake Ladoga, rarely broken by geological highlights.
The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945
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It is a monotonous flatland from the southern Ukraine to the wooded shores of Lake Ladoga, rarely broken by geological highlights.
The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945
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"At 5,000 feet it provides a vantage-point from which to survey the rest of Europe -- what Mann in The Magic Mountain calls the 'flatland,'" said Ritchie Robertson, a professor of German language and literature at the University of Oxford.
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"At 5,000 feet it provides a vantage-point from which to survey the rest of Europe -- what Mann in The Magic Mountain calls the 'flatland,'" said Ritchie Robertson, a professor of German language and literature at the University of Oxford.
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For those xkcd fans out there, you'll be hapy to know that the game from the last comic, 'flatland' is real.
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