adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to such a line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
midline
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CMU ARPABET: M IH1 D L AY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The medial line (or plane) of the body, which divides the body into halves that are mirror-images of each other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The level of the top of the x-height of a typeface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the median plane of the body (or some part of the body)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: midplane
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plane, sheet
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-? Proto-Indo-European *-dhe Proto-Indo-European *médhi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médhyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English line English midline From mid- + line.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: středová čára — medial line