Flatlander

Quick meaning: Flatlander is a noun meaning (physics) An inhabitant of or observer in a universe with two spatial dimensions.

Meaning

(physics) An inhabitant of or observer in a universe with two spatial dimensions.

More Meanings

1. (cycling) A flatland BMX rider.
2. (chiefly derogatory) A person who lives at, lived at, or was raised by someone at a low altitude or from any city. A person not raised in or by someone directly from high mountain areas. (used by those who were born, raised, and are still living in higher altitude non-city or city like areas).

Example Sentences

The perceptual acts of the two-dimensional flatlander are seen by the projective Euclidean eyes as funny, [...]

For our omniscient Mathematician, on the other hand, the time dimension from the beginning to the end of the game would be copresent, as would be our gaze of a flatlander's world.

To the flatlander the third dimension necessarily appears to be a process, something he travels through as he moves or is shifted across an area. He cannot occupy more than one position in the third dimension simultaneously.

Texans ski, Virginian's ski, New Englander's ski, flatlanders from the Midwest ski. We now have more than 3,000,000 skiers in North America and more than 600 organized ski areas (plus the many small areas with rope tows) to choose from .

Word Forms

• flatlanders

Antonyms for flatlander

Common opposites include ridge-runner, highlander.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hinterlander, highlander, lander, uplander, grasslander, hometowner.

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