Flatline - What does it mean?
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has no English definition.
An unchanging state, as indicated in a graph of a variable over time.
* 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:
(of the heart) To stop beating.
(by extension) To die.
To stay at the same level, without development; or, to fall.
* 2012 , The Guardian,
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
- Thus, you hear words like "flatline recession," "improvement at a greatly reduced rate," "economic hiccup," "recessionette," "rolling readjustment" and "the economy is double clutching."
- When brain function ceases, the electroencephalogram shows flatline recordings.
Verb
National Trust attempts to block £100m Giant's Causeway golf course:
- The economy in Northern Ireland is flatlining and jobs are scarce.