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flatland

flatland

1 7.9
A world with only two directions of movement and no up or down
  • noun
  • /ˈflætˌlænd/
  • Literature
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  • We the the reason Flatland could be written is because it's coming from a three-dimensional writer.

We the the reason Flatland could be written is because it's coming from a three-dimensional writer.

Examples

  • It's a very odd thing that you bring up because that example when you said the title Escaping Flatland, I was goosebumps.

  • The mathematical concept of Flatland allows us to explore the idea of dimensions beyond our own.

  • There are circumstances in which water trumps gold, hard as that may be to believe living in Flatland.

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  • Flatterland by Ian Stewart: like Flatland, only more so.

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  • So Jesus, this suffering Messiah foretold was the arm of the Lord reaching in like me reaching into the flatland, right.

  • When it comes to visualizing the four dimensions, the old standby is Flatland.

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  • He must travel all over this world to find a way to save all three layers, including the dreaded Flatlands.

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  • In 1884, a delightful little book titled Flatland: A Romance in Many Dimensions by schoolmaster and theologian Edwin A.

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  • In the book Flatland, the characters live in a two-dimensional world where only shapes exist.

  • Flatland is often used as a metaphor to describe a simplistic or limited perspective on reality.

Surface Forms

flatland singular
flatlands plural

Morphology

flatland = flat + land (semi-transparent) = flat + land

Built from obvious parts but often used to denote a literary or mathematical two-dimensional world (specialized sense), so the precise meaning is somewhat conventional.

Etymology

Flatland comes from flat 'level' and land 'ground', and it is used for a world that has no up or down, only forward/back and left/right, as in the famous novel 'Flatland'. So flatland helps you picture a two-dimensional place with length and width but no height.