"flat spot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flat spots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flat spot (plural flat spots)
  1. A small patch of a vehicle tyre that has been flattened by abrasion with the road surface, so that the tyre is no longer smoothly circular at that point; usually caused by the wheel locking under heavy braking. Related terms: flat-spot
    Sense id: en-flat_spot-en-noun-pqSrdK4b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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