flat spot
noun
engineering a region of poor acceleration over a narrow range of throttle openings, caused by a weak mixture in the carburettor
any narrow region of poor performance in a mechanical device
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How to use flat spot in a sentence
When the earth which covered this flat spot was cleared away, they met with another deposit containing bones.
Primitive Man | Louis FiguierThe country has no flat spot in it; yet the hills are not high.
Rural Rides | William CobbettUnder the trees on a flat spot by the river-bank were seated round a fire a man and a boy and a monkey.
Blown to Bits | R.M. Ballantyne
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