| metaphase definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | second phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell | 56 sets |
| 2 | the second stage of mitosis | 33 sets |
| 3 | the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle | 25 sets |
| 4 | chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell | 16 sets |
| 5 | second phase of mitosis | 16 sets |
| 6 | the second phase of mitosis | 13 sets |
| 7 | one of the stages of mitosis and meiosis, during which all of the chromosomes move to the cell's equator | 13 sets |
| 8 | the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell. each chromosome is connected to a spindle fiber at its centromere | 12 sets |
| 9 | phase of mitosis in which chromosomes line up in the center of the cell | 9 sets |
| 10 | the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell. | 9 sets |
| 11 | chromosomes line up across the center of the cell | 7 sets |
| 12 | the chromosomes move to the center of the cell | 6 sets |
| 13 | second stage of mitosis and of meiosis i and ii when the spindle is fully formed and all of the chromosomes are held in place | 6 sets |
| 14 | the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell. each chromosome is connected to a spindle fiber at its centromere. | 6 sets |
| 15 | chromosomes line up | 5 sets |
| 16 | short second phase of mitosis where doubled chromosomes move to the equator of the spindle and chromatids are attached by centromeres to a separate spindle fiber | 5 sets |
| 17 | the third stage of mitosis, in which the spindle is complete and the chromosomes, attached to microtubules at their kinetochores, are all aligned at the metaphase plate. | 5 sets |
| 18 | second phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell. | 5 sets |
| 19 | one of the stages of mitosis ana meiosis, during which all of the chromosomes ove to the cell's equator | 5 sets |
| 20 | the second step of mitosis | 5 sets |
| 21 | double-stranded chromsomes line up in center of cell | 4 sets |
| 22 | chromosomes line up at the equator | 4 sets |
| 23 | meet in the middle | 4 sets |
| 24 | chromosomes line up in the middle | 4 sets |
| 25 | second stage of mitosis | 4 sets |
| 26 | the third stage of mitosis, during which all the cell's duplicated chromosomes are lined up at an imaginary plane equidistant between the poles of the mitotic spindle | 4 sets |
| 27 | chromosomes line up in the center of the cell. | 4 sets |
| 28 | the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the replicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the cell | 4 sets |
| 29 | the third stage of mitosis, during which all the cell's duplicated chromosomes are lined up at an imaginary plane equidistant between the poles of the mitotic spindle. | 3 sets |
| 30 | chromosomes line up in middle of cell | 3 sets |
| 31 | chromosomes line up at equator | 3 sets |
| 32 | one of the stages of mitosis and meiosis, during which all of the chromosomes move to the cell’s equator | 3 sets |
| 33 | chromosomes align | 3 sets |
| 34 | second phase of mitosis during which the chromosomes complete their attachment to the spindle and line up across the center of the cell | 3 sets |
| 35 | second stage of mitosis in which motor proteins pull sister chromatids to the cell's equator | 3 sets |
| 36 | 2nd phase of mitosis | 3 sets |
| 37 | the phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes line up single file in the middle of the cell | 3 sets |
| 38 | a stage in mitosis or meiosis during which the chromosomes are aligned along the equatorial plane of the cell. | 3 sets |
| 39 | chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell called the equatorial plane | 3 sets |
| 40 | the second stage of mitosis; all the cell's duplicated chromosomes are lined up at an imaginary plane equidistant between the poles of the mitotic spindle. | 3 sets |