flatline

Meanings

Plural: flatlines

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.