aplanação

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pla.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.pla.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.plɐ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: a‧pla‧na‧ção

Noun

aplanação f (plural aplanações)

  1. flattening (the process of making or becoming flatter)
  2. (pathology, ophthalmology) applanation (the flattening of the cornea by the application of pressure)