flatline
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- An asystole; the absence of heart contractions or brain waves: The disappearance of the rhythmic peaks displayed on a heart monitor.
- An asystole; the absence of heart contractions or brain waves: The disappearance of brain waves on an electroencephalogram.
- An unchanging state, as indicated in a graph of a variable over time.
- A line that is run low to the water from the rod tip, generally off a release clip of some type.
Verb
- To stop beating.
- To die.
- To kill.
- To remain at the same level, without development; or, to fall.
- To experience significantly decreased rates of change compared to previous rates of change.
- To fish using a flatline.
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