median plane
Americannoun
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If this vertical plane runs directly down the middle of the body, it is called the midsagittal or median plane.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
In a dextral Gastropod the shell is coiled in a right-handed spiral from apex to mouth, and the spiral also projects to the right of the median plane of the animal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
Mesad: extending or directed toward the median plane.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Piece of Nummulitic Limestone from the Pyrenees, showing Nummulites laid open by fracture through the median plane; 2, vertical section of Nummulite; 3, Orbitoides.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
Median, mē′di-an, adj. being in the middle, running through the middle: situated in the median plane, that dividing the body longitudinally into symmetrical halves.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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