Flatting

Quick meaning: Flatting is a noun meaning (New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.

Meaning

(New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
2. The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
3. (countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
4. The process of becoming flat.
5. The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
6. (countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
7. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.

Example Sentences

flatting-mill

The Nottingham white-lead is the most esteemed for what is called flatting, or dead white.

Flatting agents reduces gloss by scattering reflected light. The more flatting agent added, the duller the appearance and the greater the loss of film clarity.

Recent chemical advances allow significantly increased control of flatting behavior through the utilization of special acidic-functionality copolymeric additives.

Word Forms

• flattings

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flatette, flatshare, flatland, apartment, flatlet, flatsharing.

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