a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"
scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
a deflated pneumatic tire
a shallow box in which seedlings are started
a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
a level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah"
commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market"
not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
(of a tire) completely or partially deflated
having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors"
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"
lacking contrast or shading between tones
horizontally level; "a flat roof"
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"
(of taxes) not increasing as the amount taxed increases
having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"
(mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known
a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins"
the sum of recognized accomplishments; "the lawyer has a good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good president"
an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport); "he tied the Olympic record"; "coffee production last year broke all previous records"; "Chicago set the homicide record"
a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books"
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"
a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"
the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league"
register electronically; "They recorded her singing"
make a record of; set down in permanent form
be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"
occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime"