midline
Zoology. the median plane of the body of an animal.
Geometry. midsegment.
Origin of midline
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How to use midline in a sentence
He had concerning neurological symptoms as well as a midline shift due to bleeding in the brain—when the brain is pushed off-center due to uneven pressure in the skull.
What the recording of a dying human brain could tell us | Hannah Seo | February 23, 2022 | Popular-ScienceUsing your triceps and the muscles behind your shoulder near your armpit, pull back against the band, moving your whole arm straight behind you, past the midline of your trunk.
5 Moves to Engage and Strengthen Your Glutes and Triceps | jversteegh | January 9, 2022 | Outside OnlineBend that arm to row the weight up beneath your shoulder, then extend your arm back, behind the midline of your trunk.
5 Moves to Engage and Strengthen Your Glutes and Triceps | jversteegh | January 9, 2022 | Outside OnlineThe track is directed strongly towards the midline of this creature’s foot, indicating that the dinosaur’s steps rotate inwards, a feature that isn’t typically seen among predatory dinosaurs.
After 60 years, a mysterious Australian dinosaur just got downsized | Margo Milanowski | October 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceShe chokes up midline — which is the line Bioware went with in-game — and there’s a great reason for that.
Every ‘Mass Effect’ squadmate, ranked from a storytelling perspective | Jhaan Elker | June 4, 2021 | Washington Post
Immediately behind the hump is a series of knuckles or crenulations along the midline.
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic | Stephen LeatherwoodThe single blowhole is located well to the left of the midline and far forward on the head.
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic | Stephen LeatherwoodThird vertebral scute: Length of anterior margin, 33; greatest width, 42; length at midline, 40 (estimated).
A New Extinct Emydid Turtle from the Lower Pliocene of Oklahoma | Edwin C. GalbreathThe pectoro-abdominal suture is anteriorly convex at the sides and concave at the midline.
A New Extinct Emydid Turtle from the Lower Pliocene of Oklahoma | Edwin C. GalbreathNuchal: Width of anterior margin, 12 (estimated); greatest width, 37 (estimated); length at midline, 35 (estimated).
A New Extinct Emydid Turtle from the Lower Pliocene of Oklahoma | Edwin C. Galbreath
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