midpoint

/ˌmɪdˈpɔɪnt/

Other forms: midpoints

Definitions of midpoint

1. noun

   a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
   synonyms: center, centre

   types:

   bight

   the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)

   center of curvature, centre of curvature

   the center of the circle of curvature

   bowels

   the center of the Earth

   bull, bull's eye

   the center of a target

   center of gravity, centre of gravity

   the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass

   center of mass, centre of mass

   point representing the mean position of the matter in a body

   core

   the center of an object

   navel, navel point

   the center point or middle of something

   nombril

   the center point on a shield

   core

   the central part of the Earth

   nucleus

   the positively charged dense center of an atom

   nucleus

   (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail

   center of buoyancy, center of immersion, centre of buoyancy, centre of immersion

   (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object

   center of flotation, centre of flotation

   the center of gravity of a floating object

   barycenter

   (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve

   centroid

   the center of mass of an object of uniform density

   cob, corn cob, corncob

   the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn

   type of:

   point

   the precise location of something; a spatially limited location