midpoint

ˈmɪdpɔɪnt

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Definition of midpoint - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

middle timetime halfway between start and end of an event

We reached the midpoint of the movie.

center

equidistant

mathematics

TECH.

point dividing a line segment into two equal parts

TECH.

The midpoint of the line segment is at (3, 4).

center

median

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Origin of midpoint

Middle English, mid (middle) + point (point)

Terms with midpoint included in their meaning

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center

spatial midpoint

area approximately central within a region

right in the middle

adv.

time

exactly at the midpoint of a time period

midwinter

seasonal midpoint

the middle of winter

go halfway

travel

move to a midpoint between two locations

meet halfway

midpoint

move to a midpoint to meet someone

be over the hump

progress

be past the midpoint

median

geometry

line segment from triangle vertex to opposite side midpoint

apothem

mathematics

line from center of a regular polygon to midpoint of a side

Examples of midpoint in a sentence

We took a break at the midpoint of the journey.
The midpoint is crucial in bisecting the angle.
We calculated the midpoint for the geometry problem.

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French:milieu, point médian, ...
German:Mitte, Mittelpunkt, ...
Italian:punto centrale, punto medio, ...
Spanish:punto medio, ...
Portuguese:meio, ponto médio, ...
Chinese:中点, 中分点, ...
Japanese:中間点, 中点, ...
Arabic:مُنْتَصَف, نُقْطَة المُنْتَصَف, ...
Hebrew:אֶמְצַע, נְקוּדַת אֶמְצַע, ...
Russian:середина, средняя точка, ...
Ukrainian:середина, середня точка, ...
Hindi:मध्यांतर, मध्यबिंदु, ...
Bengali:মধ্যপর্ব, ...
Catalan:punt mig, punt central, ...
Czech:polovina, střed úsečky, ...
Danish:midtvejspunkt, midterpunkt, ...
Dutch:midden, ...
Greek:μέσο, μέσο σημείο, ...
Hungarian:félidő, felezőpont, ...
Khmer:ពាក់កណ្តាលពេលវេលា, ចំណុចកណ្ដាល, ...
Korean:중간 지점, 중점, ...
Persian:نقطه میانی, میان‌نقطه, ...
Polish:półmetek, środek, ...
Portuguese (BR):meio, ...
Romanian:jumătate, centru, ...
Swedish:mittpunkt, medelpunkt, ...
Thai:ช่วงกึ่งกลาง, จุดกึ่งกลาง, ...
Turkish:orta nokta, orta, ...
Vietnamese:thời điểm giữa, điểm giữa, ...

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Definition of midpoint - Reverso English Dictionary

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