noun
Meaning 1
A point equidistant between two extremes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
midpoint
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɪd.pɔɪnt/
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Australian: /ˈmɪd.poɪnt/
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New-Zealand: /ˈməd.poɪnt/
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rhymes with -ɔɪnt
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noun
Meaning 2
A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Synonym of middle dot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, publishing, typography
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: middle dot
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: center, centre
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: point
Narrower terms: bight, center of curvature, centre of curvature, bowels, bull's eye, bull, center of gravity, centre of gravity, center of mass, centre of mass, core, navel, navel point, nombril, nucleus
History
Etymology
From mid + point.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: puoliväli — point equidistant between two extremes
- French: mi-chemin — point equidistant between two extremes
- German: Wechselpunkt — point equidistant between two extremes
- German: Mittelpunkt — point equidistant between two extremes
- German: Mitte — point equidistant between two extremes
- Irish: lárphointe — point equidistant between two extremes
- Latin: medietās — point equidistant between two extremes
- Māori: pūwaenga — point equidistant between two extremes
- Norwegian Bokmål: midtpunkt — point equidistant between two extremes
- Norwegian Nynorsk: midtpunkt — point equidistant between two extremes
- Plautdietsch: Meddpunkt — point equidistant between two extremes
- Polish: punkt środkowy — point equidistant between two extremes
- Portuguese: meio — point equidistant between two extremes
- Portuguese: metade — point equidistant between two extremes
- Slovak: stred — point equidistant between two extremes
- Spanish: mitad — point equidistant between two extremes
- Spanish: medianía — point equidistant between two extremes
- Spanish: medianidad — point equidistant between two extremes
- Spanish: punto intermedio — point equidistant between two extremes
- Tagalog: gituldok — point equidistant between two extremes
- Turkish: orta nokta — point equidistant between two extremes
- Czech: střed — point which divides a line segment
- Esperanto: mezopunkto — point which divides a line segment
- Finnish: keskipiste — point which divides a line segment
- German: Mittelpunkt — point which divides a line segment
- German: Mitte — point which divides a line segment
- Hungarian: felezőpont — point which divides a line segment
- Irish: lárphointe — point which divides a line segment
- Italian: punto medio — point which divides a line segment
- Māori: pūwaenga — point which divides a line segment
- Norwegian Bokmål: midtpunkt — point which divides a line segment
- Norwegian Nynorsk: midtpunkt — point which divides a line segment
- Polish: punkt środkowy — point which divides a line segment
- Slovak: stred — point which divides a line segment
- Spanish: punto medio — point which divides a line segment
- Tagalog: gituldok — point which divides a line segment
- Polish: kropka środkowa — middle dot
- Spanish: punto medial — middle dot
Real reading context