Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A line dividing any symmetrical plane figure or surface of revolution into two symmetrical halves.
- noun The line around which any figure may be revolved to generate a volume of revolution.
- noun The line in a drawing on each side of which points in the diagram or figure lie at equal distances. In all designing of symmetrical constructions the center-lines are drawn first, and from these all dimensions are laid off.
- noun plural The lines through the center of mass or center of gravity of a body parallel to the three coördinate axes used in analytical geometry.
- noun The line joining the centers of two parallel shafts in the same plane, or perpendicular to both axes if they are not in the same plane, in the design of toothed gearing. See also
line of center , under line.
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Examples
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We wouldn't go that far -- but after years of rocking a center-line part, we're ready to mix it up.
Style Section L.A.: Side Swiped: Why You'll Be Abandoning Your Middle Part This Summer Style Section L.A. 2011
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We wouldn't go that far -- but after years of rocking a center-line part, we're ready to mix it up.
Style Section L.A.: Side Swiped: Why You'll Be Abandoning Your Middle Part This Summer Style Section L.A. 2011
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We wouldn't go that far -- but after years of rocking a center-line part, we're ready to mix it up.
Style Section L.A.: Side Swiped: Why You'll Be Abandoning Your Middle Part This Summer Style Section L.A. 2011
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"They need to know where to drill the large hole ..." hiss, bang, bang, hiss as the chalk danced a center-line for the tunnel.
Colin Summers: Learning to Draw Colin Summers 2010
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There's nothing the least bit "zoom-zoom" about the Mazda2 Touring -- a tiny car with a wheelbase, the center-line distance between the front and rear wheels, of 98 inches.
Mazda2 Touring hatchback does small well but is missing the 'zoom-zoom' 2010
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There's nothing the least bit "zoom-zoom" about the Mazda2 Touring -- a tiny car with a wheelbase, the center-line distance between the front and rear wheels, of 98 inches.
Mazda2 Touring hatchback does small well but is missing the 'zoom-zoom' 2010
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Do remember frequently, cars, buses crossing the center-line to negotiate those curves and the dizzying views off the precipices.
Name This Country 2006
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The rest of the flight, I had the distinct feeling that he was fantasizing about driving my nose-bone into my brain, and as I read my Kindle, kept one hand on my chin, near my center-line, wondering if I was about to end up in the newspapers.
Archive 2008-11-01 Steven Barnes 2008
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The rest of the flight, I had the distinct feeling that he was fantasizing about driving my nose-bone into my brain, and as I read my Kindle, kept one hand on my chin, near my center-line, wondering if I was about to end up in the newspapers.
On the way home from Portland Steven Barnes 2008
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Two of these (pictured here) are the main postholes from the center-line of the hospital and one is a supporting post for the side, possibly the wall.
2008 Field Report 4 « Interactive Dig Johnson's Island – Unlocking a Civil War Prison 2008
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