The quality or degree of being flattenable.

simple past tense of flatten the curve

simple past tense and past participle of flatten out

To make flat (something rough, folded or bumpy). / (idiomatic, of a hierarchy or inequal distribution) To become more even.

present participle of flatten the curve

present of flatten the curve

(infectiology, epidemiology, pathology) The action of flattening the curve: the activity of reducing the speed of infection, so that the peak active infection cases are lower.

(epidemiology, colloquial) To reduce the rate at which an infection spreads during an epidemic, decreasing the number of active cases at any given time by increasing the period of time over which numbers of similar cases occur.

plural of curve flattening

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flatten out.