flatland

noun

flat·​land ˈflat-ˌland How to pronounce flatland (audio)
1
: a region in which the land is predominantly flat
usually used in plural
2
: land that lacks significant variation in elevation
flatlander noun

Examples of flatland in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In Kansas-like flatlands, particles thermalize quickly. Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024 Just under half of that money would go to Oakland, which co-owns with Alameda County the facility at 1150 Harbor Bay Parkway in Alameda, atop the flatland that leads to the scenic ocean harbor. Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024 Just a 40-minute drive northwest of Bologna, and I am lost in the pianura padana, a seemingly never-ending flatland of farms, vineyards, and orchards in Italy's Emilia Romagna region. Erica Firpo, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2024 The arena abuts rows of restaurants and bars on one side and, on the other, a long expanse of flatland leading to the Rockies. Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024 All are grueling, three-week races across the flatlands and mountainous terrain of their eponymous nations. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2023 And this same magnetic knot—embedded in a magnetic material a little like an electron hole is embedded in a semiconductor lattice—could be one of the factors that breaks the 2D flatland that computing today is stuck in. IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2023 Federal offices were flooded with applications to place solar mirrors across the arid flatlands of southeastern California, but Sen. Dianne Feinstein was not going to let that stop her from protecting the heart of the Mojave Desert from development. Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023 Women in motorcycle groups travel far and wide to find fellowship and adventure outside Chicagoland’s flatlands Motorcycles aren’t just for tough guys — groups such as Chrome Divas, Motor Maids, Stilettos on Steel and Women on Wheels embrace fellowship for women motorcyclists. Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1735, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of flatland was in 1735

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“Flatland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flatland. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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