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# midpoint

«midpoint» in Mova's school dictionary: **The point exactly halfway between two ends of a line…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a midpoint, midpoints)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (maths) The point exactly halfway between two ends of a line segment, or halfway between two numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midpoint/#m1)

2) The middle of a time, journey or event: «at the midpoint of the race». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midpoint/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, the midpoint of a line divides it into two equal parts; the midpoint of two numbers is their average: halfway between 4 and 10 is 7. On coordinate grids, the midpoint of (2, 4) and (6, 8) is (4, 6). In everyday life, «the midpoint of the term» or a journey. Phrases: «find the midpoint», «at the midpoint», «the midpoint between».

### examples

- Mark the midpoint of the line with a dot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midpoint/#x1)
- The midpoint between 10 and 20 is 15. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midpoint/#x2)
- We stopped for lunch at the midpoint of our journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midpoint/#x3)
- The midpoint of a 12 cm line is 6 cm from each end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midpoint/#x4)
- At the midpoint of the race she was in third place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midpoint/#x5)
- Fold the paper to find its midpoint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midpoint/#x6)
- The midpoint of (0, 0) and (8, 4) is (4, 2). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midpoint/#x7)
- Half-term is around the midpoint of the term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midpoint/#x8)

### note

Countable: one midpoint, two midpoints. In maths: midpoint of numbers a and b = (a + b) ÷ 2. For a line of length L, each half is L ÷ 2. Can be written «mid-point». Not the same as «median» (the middle value of a sorted list), though they can be equal.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «midpoint» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midpoint/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.