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Definition of Midpoint
1. Noun. A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure.
Specialized synonyms: Bight, Center Of Curvature, Centre Of Curvature, Bowels, Bull, Bull's Eye, Center Of Gravity, Centre Of Gravity, Center Of Mass, Centre Of Mass, Core, Navel, Navel Point, Nombril, Core, Nucleus, Nucleus
Generic synonyms: Point
Derivative terms: Center, Center, Central, Centric, Centrical, Centre
Definition of Midpoint
1. Noun. A point equidistant between two extremes. ¹
2. Noun. (mathematics) A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Midpoint
1. a point at the middle [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Midpoint
Literary usage of Midpoint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theoretical Kinematics by Oene Bottema, Bernard Roth (1990)
"The midpoint line If I; and I2 are homologous lines, any point A, on 1, has its
homologous point A2 on 12. The restriction that A, be on I, only means that ..."
2. General Mathematics by Raleigh Schorling, William David Reeve (1922)
"(£0, ya) represents the midpoint of the line P^, which joins the FIG. 456 B--
points PI(ZV y1) and P2(x3, «/2), for all positions of Pl and P% it can be ..."
3. SAS/GRAPH 9.1 Reference by SAS Institute (2004)
"Details Using the midpoint variable is similar to using the X and Y variables to
position graphics elements in a vertical or horizontal bar chart when using ..."
4. Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Developer's Workshopby John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb by John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb (1998)
"Output generated by using a MidPoint object. The UDT structure passed to and from
the object properties in this example is very simple, made up of just two ..."
5. Shop Mathematics by John Michael Christman (1922)
"198 RELATION OF ALTITUDE LINE AND midpoint OF BASE 1X8. The altitude of a triar
gle is a line drawn from the vertex of any angle perpendicular to the ..."
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