Defn: The region immediately surrounding a disk moving flatwise through air; -- so called because the air has a cyclic motion as in vortex ring.
It is much like looking through a piece of window glass flatwise and endwise; flatwise we do not perceive any color; endwise, from seeing through a greater mass, the glass has a very perceptible green color.
The sods as lifted, are placed on a light barrow or upon a board or rack, and are carried off to a drying ground, near at hand, where they are laid down flatwise to drain and dry.
This man noticed that a plank laid flatwise bent much beneath a load, but that when the plank rested on its narrow edge, joist fashion, it curved much less, or hardly at all.
Placing it flatwise on supports close to its ends we find that its own weight causes a decided sag.
An I-beam made of rubber when laid flatwise over supports at its ends will sag much; when laid edgewise it will sag but little, clearly showing how due form and disposal confer stiffness on a structure.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "flatwise" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: evenly; flat; flush; lengthwise; level
