"midpoint" meaning in English

See midpoint in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪd.pɔɪnt/ [Canada, General-American, UK], /ˈmɪd.poɪnt/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-midpoint.wav Forms: midpoints [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪnt Etymology: From mid + point. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mid|point}} mid + point Head templates: {{en-noun}} midpoint (plural midpoints)
  1. A point equidistant between two extremes. Translations (point equidistant between two extremes): puoliväli (Finnish), mi-chemin [masculine] (French), Wechselpunkt [masculine] (German), Mittelpunkt [masculine] (German), Mitte [feminine] (German), lárphointe [masculine] (Irish), medietās [feminine] (Latin), pūwaenga (Maori), midtpunkt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), midtpunkt [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Meddpunkt [masculine] (Plautdietsch), meio [masculine] (Portuguese), metade [feminine] (Portuguese), stred [masculine] (Slovak), mitad (Spanish), medianía (Spanish), gituldok (Tagalog), orta nokta (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-midpoint-en-noun-hh3OtRLl Disambiguation of 'point equidistant between two extremes': 95 5
  2. (mathematics) A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (point which divides a line segment): střed [masculine] (Czech), mezopunkto (Esperanto), keskipiste (Finnish), Mittelpunkt [masculine] (German), Mitte [feminine] (German), felezőpont (Hungarian), lárphointe [masculine] (Irish), punto medio [masculine] (Italian), pūwaenga (Maori), midtpunkt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), midtpunkt [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), stred [masculine] (Slovak), punto medio [masculine] (Spanish), gituldok (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-midpoint-en-noun-ygm3k2Z8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 7 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 79 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'point which divides a line segment': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mid-point, center, middle, midpoint, midway Hypernyms: point Hyponyms: midbook, midpage, midplace, midlife, midnight, midscream, midshaft, midship, midwing Holonyms: midst [literary, often] Derived forms: gyromidpoint, midpoint ellipse, midpoint load, midpoint method, midpoint polygon, midpoint theorem Related terms: intermediate

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "midst"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "point"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "midbook"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "midpage"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "midplace"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "midlife"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "midnight"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "midscream"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "midshaft"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "midship"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "midwing"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "intermediate"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 August 9, Chris Howe, “The new face of Curzon Street station”, in RAIL, number 989, page 60:",
          "text": "The tram stop serving HS2 will be located close to the existing Curzon Street building, underneath what will be the midpoint of the station, with step-free access provided from platform to street level.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A point equidistant between two extremes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "equidistant",
          "equidistant"
        ],
        [
          "extreme",
          "extreme"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "divide",
          "divide"
        ],
        [
          "line segment",
          "line segment"
        ],
        [
          "length",
          "length"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪd.pɔɪnt/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "General-American",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪd.poɪnt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔɪnt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "mid-point"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "center"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "middle"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "midpoint"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:midpoint",
      "word": "midway"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "word": "puoliväli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mi-chemin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wechselpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mittelpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mitte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lárphointe"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "medietās"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "word": "pūwaenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "midtpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "midtpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Meddpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metade"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stred"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "word": "mitad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "word": "medianía"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "word": "gituldok"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "point equidistant between two extremes",
      "word": "orta nokta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "point which divides a line segment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "střed"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "point which divides a line segment",
      "word": "mezopunkto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "point which divides a line segment",
      "word": "keskipiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "point which divides a line segment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mittelpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "point which divides a line segment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mitte"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "point which divides a line segment",
      "word": "felezőpont"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "point which divides a line segment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lárphointe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "point which divides a line segment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "punto medio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "point which divides a line segment",
      "word": "pūwaenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "point which divides a line segment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "midtpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "point which divides a line segment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "midtpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "point which divides a line segment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stred"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "point which divides a line segment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "punto medio"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "point which divides a line segment",
      "word": "gituldok"
    }
  ],
  "word": "midpoint"
}

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