midpoint

mid·point  (mdpoint)

n.

1. Mathematics The point of a line segment or curvilinear arc that divides it into two parts of the same length.

2. A position midway between two extremes.

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midpoint

Noun

1. the point on a line equally distant from either end

2. a point in time halfway between the beginning and end of an event

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

midpoint - a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure centre, center 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's eye, bull - 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; "the ball has a titanium core" navel point, navel - the center point or middle of something; "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe" nombril - the center point on a shield point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" 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