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Flatline - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun flatline

is an unchanging state, as indicated in a graph of a variable over time.

As a verb flatline

is to stop beating.

flatline

English

Noun

  • 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."
  • 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.
  • Verb

  • (of the heart) To stop beating.
  • (by extension) To die.
  • To stay at the same level, without development; or, to fall.
  • * 2012 , The Guardian, National Trust attempts to block £100m Giant's Causeway golf course :
  • The economy in Northern Ireland is flatlining and jobs are scarce.

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.