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Definition of Midplane
1. Noun. The median plane of the body (or some part of the body).
Definition of Midplane
1. Noun. A plane that passes through the middle of something, especially through the middle of the body ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Midplane
1. The plane that extends from the end of the sacrum to the inferior border of the pubic symphysis; it is bounded posteriorly by the end of the sacrum, laterally by the ischial spines, and anteriorly by the inferior border of the pubic symphysis. Synonym: midplane, plane of least pelvic dimensions, plane of midpelvis, third parallel pelvic plane. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Midplane
Literary usage of Midplane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1909)
"This midplane will be perpendicular to the central line CC'. ... The potential
of the midplane Z'OZ will be midway between the potentials of the two ..."
2. Physics of Plutonium Recycling: Plutonium Recyclying in Fast Reactors by Nuclear Energy Agency, OECD NEA Staff (1996)
"This "midplane" region is that node of the central core region that includes the
core midplane; it is the third 9 cm axial region, out of five total core ..."
3. A Text-book of Urology in Men, Women and Children, Including Urinary and by Victor Cox Pedersen (1919)
"The operator stands at the side of the patient and holds the instrument either
in the midplane of the body, and parallel with the abdomen, or over the groin ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"The flux density is greatest at the surfaces and is a minimum at the midplane,
owing to what is commonly called "skin effect," or magnetic screening due to ..."
5. Principles and practice of obstetrics by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1918)
"... midplane contracted assimilation pelves. The forward prominence of the sacrum
is evident, and this causes a shortening of all the sagittal diameters, ..."
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