The phrase "a flat representation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing a two-dimensional depiction or model of something, often in fields like art, design, or data visualization.
Example: "The artist created a flat representation of the landscape, emphasizing the colors and shapes rather than depth."
Alternatives: "a two-dimensional depiction" or "a planar representation".
The same thing happens when you look at a flat representation of a three-dimensional space: the right eye sees what the left eye is looking at.
Circumstantial evidence suggests that a flat representation of the sky, in the form of a planisphere using a stereographic projection, had come into use by the beginning of the present era.
This is a flat representation topologically equivalent to the bifurcation diagram shown in Fig. 3C.
To obtain a flat representation of the spherical surface we make use of Lambert equal area azimuthal projection.
There is also the possibility to use a flat representation of a planetary globe, by projecting it to a plane using the default Mercator projection.
two dimensional (2D): the term indicates that the resulting file is a flat representation with dimensions in only the X and Y axes.
There is a trade-off between a temporally flat representation that can often confuse the user and a chronological representation with successive states visualized, where the temporal context might be lost.
There are even interactive touchscreen panels dubbed Geo-Scope around the room that allow visitors to interact with a similar, although, flat representation of the globe including weather data and a simulation of Japan's recent tsunami.
To obtain the flat representation we applied the Lambert Equal Area Azimuthal Projection, the Matlab identifier for this projection is 'equaazim'equaazim
Projection onto a sphere is reasonably consistent with the idea of a moment tensor, but the obtained two-dimensional surface is not flat, and additional projection(s) must be applied to create a flat (two-dimensional) representation.
He then turned to variations on furniture forms, including the classic "Description of Table" (1964), a block about thirty-two inchighhigh by about twenty-six inches wide and deep, bearing flat representations of legs and a tablecloth.
