curve flattening

English

Curve flattening: unflattened and flattened

Noun

curve flattening (countable and uncountable, plural curve flattenings)

(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.

Coordinate terms

social distancing (the measures typically used for curve flattening)

Related terms

flatten the curve (verb)

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