An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
FLATNESS
languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness
(noun) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; “the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends”
flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte
(noun) the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
flatness, two-dimensionality, planeness
(noun) the property of having two dimensions
flatness
(noun) a deficiency in flavor; “it needed lemon juice to sharpen the flatness of the dried lentils”
flatness
(noun) a want of animation or brilliance; “the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway’s style”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
flatness (countable and uncountable, plural flatnesses)
The state of being flat
The state of being two-dimensional; planar : planarity
The state of being bland : dullness
Mattness, the quality of a painted surface which scatters or absorbs the light falling on it, so as to be substantially free from gloss or sheen
(oenology) Lack of bouquet and freshness of a wine, through too much aeration or infection with film yeasts
(statistics) slim-tailedness or platykurticity
Source: Wiktionary
Flat"ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being flat.
2. Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level.
3. Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression.
4. Want of variety or flavor; dullness; inspidity.
5. Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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