FLATTENING definition: 1. present participle of flatten 2. to become level or cause something to become level: 3. to stop…. Learn more.

Flattening is a measure of the compression of a circle or sphere along a diameter to form an ellipse or an ellipsoid of revolution (spheroid) respectively. Other terms used are ellipticity, or oblateness.

The meaning of FLATTEN is to make flat. How to use flatten in a sentence.

To make even, smooth, or level: even, flat, level, plane, smooth, straighten.

Prices are expected to flatten after the holiday shopping season. Student performance flattened out after the second month of the school year.

to (cause to) become flat: [~ (+ out) + object] Flatten (out) the pizza dough with your hands. [~ (+ out)] They flattened (out) against the wall and strained to see who was coming. to knock down:[~ + object] …

To flatten something such as a building, town, or plant means to destroy it by knocking it down or crushing it. ...explosives capable of flattening a five-storey building. [VERB noun] ...bombing raids …

Definition of flatten verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive, transitive] to become flat or flatter; to make something flat or flatter. The cookies will flatten slightly while cooking. …

FLATTEN definition: to make flat. See examples of flatten used in a sentence.

In mathematics, particularly in geometry and calculus, "flattening" refers to the process of reducing the dimensions of a shape: Dimensional Reduction: In statistics, data often undergoes flattening to …