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flat spot

noun

  1. engineering a region of poor acceleration over a narrow range of throttle openings, caused by a weak mixture in the carburettor
  2. any narrow region of poor performance in a mechanical device
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

When the earth which covered this flat spot was cleared away, they met with another deposit containing bones.

The country has no flat spot in it; yet the hills are not high.

Under the trees on a flat spot by the river-bank were seated round a fire a man and a boy and a monkey.

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