The quality or degree of being flattenable.

present of flatten the curve

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

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

simple past tense of flatten the curve

present participle 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

present participle of flatten out