centerline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A line down the center of a road, generally one that divides traffic moving in opposite directions.
  2. A line, either demarcated or imagined, representing the precise center (middle) of something (such that what lies on one side of it is precisely equal in size to what lies on the other side); the central axis represented by this line.
  3. An imaginary line connecting the center of two fighters' bodies while they face each other.

Word forms

centerline centerlines centreline centre line

Etymology

From center + line.

Synonyms

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