Definitions for midpoint

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IPA: /ˈmɪdˌpɔɪnt/

Midpoint is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 182 anagrams from letters in midpoint (diimnopt).

Definitions for midpoint

noun

1. a point at or near the middle of, or equidistant from, both ends, as of a line:
2. a point in time halfway between the beginning and the end, as of a process, event, or situation:
3. Geometry. the point on a line segment or an arc that is equidistant, when measured along the line or the arc, from both endpoints.
4. Statistics. median (def 3).
5. Astrology. the point on the arc that is equidistant from two planets: regarded as a sensitive point and used in horoscopic interpretations.

Origin of midpoint

1325-75; Middle English. See mid-, point

Examples for midpoint

We are now, in this year of 1950, nearing the midpoint of the 20th century.

Slightly less than a third of the distance to the midpoint, in over half the time.

The dorsal fin is small, located behind the midpoint of the back, and variable in shape from falcate to triangular.

The midpoint of this band is measured at the terminal border as the dominant frequency.

He and the Sons of the Falcon had reached the midpoint of the valley.

Approximately right here, I would say the midpoint of this building.

But the broader the base at the midpoint, the more stable the ride—no matter how many pile on at the extremes.

As they reached the midpoint of the third room, the dining hall, one of the beings staggered through the door behind them.

By the time the midpoint had been passed, I was living in a sort of waking dream; or rather, a state of somnambulism.