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  • n  a line that bisects a plane figure

  • The project made a new brighter, bigger centerline and increased the width of the yellow bars from 6 to 12 lines on a black background to increase the contrast on the "hold short .
  • It substitutes a single row of horizontal light bars leading to the runway centerline.
  • The engines are grouped close to the centerline of the plane so that if one of them fails, the loss of thrust will not cause a dangerous yaw.
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  • Barack Obama in Christian Science Monitor
    The boat was leaning right over on its side with the [mast] spreaders in the water.The racing yachts in the nearly 35,000-mile race have canting keels, which use hydraulic rams to swing the keel up to 40 degrees off the boat's centerline to... Alex Thomson http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Thomson&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGqMrA1KFhgem6wUGqE7Se_cBrkNQ abc11tv.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story%3Fsection%3Dsports%26id%3D4791416&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHdNiAeAhWvC0hCfByLEkZv_VgFJg Nov 23, 2006 16188 22467 centerpiece We have to have work as a centerpiece of any social policy," Obama said.

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