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mid-line|ˈmɪdlaɪn|
[mid a.]
1. Zool. A median line; also, the median plane or plane of bilateral symmetry.
1868W. K. Parker Shoulder-Girdle Vertebr. 8 There is no stoppage of the ossification at the mid-line. 1927Haldane & Huxley Animal Biol. xii. 285 (caption) The lateral nerve-trunks have united in the mid-line. 1957R. H. Smythe Conformation of Dog 61 Behind the base of the neck in the midline of the back. 1959Southwood & Leston Land & Water Bugs Brit. Isles 31 The males of this genus have a patch of wax-producing glands beneath the abdomen on each side of the mid-line. 1961Lancet 26 Aug. 443/1 (caption) Coronal section of brain of patient who survived for 6 weeks. Note that the only abnormal appearances are slight dilatation of the ventricles and a tear (arrow) on the underside of the corpus callosum to the right of the midline. 1974Nature 8 Mar. 165/1 The roentgenographic landmarks were joined to form triangles on both sides of the midline.
2. The middle of a line of poetry.
1882G. M. Hopkins Lett. to R. Bridges (1955) 164 The word is more and is a midline rhyme to score. |