| metaphase definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | second phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell | 90 sets |
| 2 | the second stage of mitosis | 37 sets |
| 3 | the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle | 27 sets |
| 4 | chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell | 18 sets |
| 5 | second phase of mitosis | 17 sets |
| 6 | the second phase of mitosis | 14 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 | the chromosomes move to the center of the cell | 11 sets |
| 10 | phase of mitosis in which chromosomes line up in the center of the cell | 9 sets |
| 11 | the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell. | 9 sets |
| 12 | 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 | 9 sets |
| 13 | 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 | 8 sets |
| 14 | chromosomes line up across the center of the cell | 7 sets |
| 15 | the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell. each chromosome is connected to a spindle fiber at its centromere. | 6 sets |
| 16 | the second step of mitosis | 5 sets |
| 17 | second phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell. | 5 sets |
| 18 | chromosomes line up | 5 sets |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | one of the stages of mitosis ana meiosis, during which all of the chromosomes ove to the cell's equator | 5 sets |
| 21 | | 5 sets |
| 22 | meet in the middle | 4 sets |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | chromosomes line up at the equator | 4 sets |
| 25 | chromosomes line up in the middle | 4 sets |
| 26 | double-stranded chromsomes line up in center of cell | 4 sets |
| 27 | second stage of mitosis | 4 sets |
| 28 | second stage of mitosis in which motor proteins pull sister chromatids to the cell's equator | 4 sets |
| 29 | chromosomes line up at equator | 4 sets |
| 30 | the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the replicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the cell | 4 sets |
| 31 | chromosomes line up in the center of the cell. | 4 sets |
| 32 | second phase of mitosis during which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell | 3 sets |
| 33 | chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell called the equatorial plane | 3 sets |
| 34 | chromosomes align | 3 sets |
| 35 | 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 |
| 36 | the 3rd 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 |
| 37 | chromosomes attach to spindle fibers | 3 sets |
| 38 | 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 |
| 39 | 2nd phase of cell division. the chromosomes are lined up at the equator of the cell. the spindle fibers from each centriole are attached to the centromeres of the chromosomes. the nucleur membrane has disappeared. | 3 sets |
| 40 | second phase of mitosis, when chromosomes line up along the center of the cell. | 3 sets |