curve flattening

English

Curve flattening: unflattened and flattened

Noun

curve flattening (countable and uncountable, plural curve flattenings)

1. (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)