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cen⋅ter⋅line

  [sen-ter-lahyn]
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–noun
1. any line that bisects a plane figure: the centerline of a building plan.
2. a line along the center of a road or highway dividing it into separate sections for traffic moving in opposite directions.
3. Radio. the perpendicular bisector of the line connecting two radio transmitters.
Also, center line.

Origin:
1800–10; center + line 1
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cen·ter·line   (sěn'tər-līn')   
n.  

  1. A line that bisects something into equal parts.

  2. A painted line running along the center of a road or highway that divides it into two sections for traffic moving in opposite directions, or, in the case of a divided highway, for lines of traffic moving in the same direction at different speeds.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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