midline

mid·line

M0285300 (mĭd′līn′)n. A medial line, especially the medial line or plane of the body.

midline

(ˈmɪdˌlaɪn) na line situated in the middle of something, esp an imaginary line that divides an organism or organ into symmetrical parts

mid•line

(ˈmɪdˌlaɪn)

n. a median plane, esp. of the body or a body part.

Thesaurus

Noun

midline - the median plane of the body (or some part of the body)midplaneplane, sheet - (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"

Translations

Midline

midline

[′mid‚līn] (mathematics) median

Midline

(1) A midline of a triangle is the line segment joining the midpoints of two sides of the triangle. The midline is parallel to the third side, or base, of the triangle. The length of the midline is one-half that of the base. The areas of the two parts into which the midline divides the triangle are in the ratio 1:3.

(2) The midline, or median, of a trapezoid is the line segment joining the midpoints of the nonparallel sides of the trapezoid. The midline is parallel to the bases of the trapezoid, and its length is one-half the sum of the lengths of the bases.

midline

[mid´līn] the imaginary line that divides the body into right and left halves.

midline

1. An imaginary line running along the surface of the brain (anterior to posterior), which separates the right and left hemispheres. 2. See median line.

midline

Related to midline: MEDLINE, midline incision

noun

Synonyms for midline

noun the median plane of the body (or some part of the body)

Synonyms

midplane

Related Words

plane
sheet

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