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Definition of Midlines
1. midline [n] - See also: midline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Midlines
Literary usage of Midlines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physiologia of Jean Fernel (1567) by Jean Fernel (2003)
"... its role is to raise the whole arm, but where another muscle acts lower down,
this one bends the arm evenly out from the midlines of the back [deltoid? ..."
2. Fossil Elephantoids: from the Hominid-Bearing Awash Group, Middle Awash by Jon Kalb (2007)
"The plate faces are nearly touching near their midlines, giving the plates a
single "propeller" shape. The enamel is thick (3-5 mm) and tightly folded in ..."
3. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"Some unthinking construction crew simply slapped clamps between adjacent stones
at their midlines. The comparable stones on the west never received clamps.8 ..."
4. Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit and District Courts of the United by Lorenzo Sawyer, United States District Court (Nevada), United States District Court (Oregon) (1887)
"... endeavoring to turn the ship in her bed about her midlines, it is evident a
greater force could be exerted to break up this bed of sand. ..."
5. Collected Papers (1922)
"These midlines were then stepped off with a pair of dividers, the points of which
were placed 3 mm. apart. The number of steps obtained for each line ..."
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