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

Example Sentences

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

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

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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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