flatness /ˈflætnəs/ noun6 •The state of being flatThe flatness of the landscape facilitates views right across the Firth of Forth to Fife, before the railway begins to pierce the Edinburgh suburbs. — 2022 •The state of being two-dimensional; planar : planarity •The state of being bland : dullness •Lack of bouquet and freshness of a wine, through too much aeration or infection with film yeasts •Mattness, the quality of a painted surface which scatters or absorbs the light falling on it, so as to be substantially free from gloss or sheen •slim-tailedness or platykurtosis. formsflatnesses