midpointnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈmɪd.pɔɪnt/us/ˈmɪd.pɔɪnt/midpoint noun [ C usually singular ] (DISTANCE)
a point half the distance along something such as a line:
The driveway is 20 metres long, so the midpoint must be at 10 metres.
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Centres of objects
- bowel
- center
- center of gravity
- central
- centrality
- centrally
- centre
- centre of gravity
- core
- hub
- inner ring
- innermost
- inside
- interior
- median
- mid
- middle
- midway
- off-centre
- the bowels of sth idiom
midpoint noun [ C usually singular ] (TIME)
a point in the middle of a period of time:
the midpoint of the football season
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Specific periods of time
- around-the-clock
- British Summer Time
- BST
- calendar month
- daylight saving time
- depth
- generation
- hr
- hundred
- Jurassic
- lunar month
- microsecond
- Midsummer's Day
- Q, q
- quarter
- Quaternary
- response time
- s
- sec
- trimester
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