flatline
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈflætˌlaɪn/
flatline (plural flatlines)
- An unchanging state, as indicated in a graph of a variable over time.
- 1967 June 17, "Business Outlook", Business Week, part 6, page 23:
- Thus, you hear words like "flatline recession," "improvement at a greatly reduced rate," "economic hiccup," "recessionette," "rolling readjustment" and "the economy is double clutching."
- 1967 June 17, "Business Outlook", Business Week, part 6, page 23:
- Asystole; the absence of heart contractions or brain waves.
- The disappearance of the rhythmic peaks displayed on a heart monitor.
- The disappearance of brain waves on an electroencephalogram.
- 1972, Louis Lasagna, "Aging and the field of medicine", in Aging and Society: Aging and the professions, edited by Matilda White Riley and Anne Foner, page 68:
- When brain function ceases, the electroencephalogram shows flatline recordings.
- 1972, Louis Lasagna, "Aging and the field of medicine", in Aging and Society: Aging and the professions, edited by Matilda White Riley and Anne Foner, page 68:
flatline (flatlines, present participle flatlining; past and past participle flatlined)
- (intransitive, of the heart) To stop beating.
- (intransitive, by extension) To die.
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- To stay at the same level, without development; or, to fall.
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