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centreline

centreline is the alternative form of centerline.

Meaning of centerline

Noun

centerline (plural centerlines)

  1. A line down the center of a road, generally one that divides traffic moving in opposite directions.
    • It is particularly confusing when the motorist is channelized across the highway centerline. For long-term closures conflicting pavement markings must be removed or obliterated before relaning the roadway.1978, US Department of Transportation, Traffic control for street and highway construction and maintenance operations
  2. (trades) 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.
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  3. An imaginary line connecting the center of two fighters' bodies while they face each other.
    • You might already know that, I don't know, but since you are training at home I didn't want you to be weaving wildly on each side of the rope - the goal is to pop up as tight as possible to the center line.2005 July 31, Vovchanchyn Fan, “Re: Bob and weaving drill”, in Sherdog Forums

Forms of centreline

pluralcentrelines
alternative formcentre line

Origin of centreline

From centre + line.

Questions about centreline

What is centreline the alternative form of?
Centreline is the alternative form of centerline.

Words near centreline in the dictionary

  1. centreground
  2. centreing
  3. centreings
  4. centreless
  5. centrelessness
  6. centreline
  7. centrelines
  8. Centrelink
  9. Centrelink time
  10. Centrella
  11. Centrellas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: centreline (page history and authors); centerline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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