Editing Midpoint (section)

{{Short description|Point on a line segment which is equidistant from both endpoints}}
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[[Image:Midpoint.svg|282px|thumb|The midpoint of the segment ({{mvar|x}}<sub>1</sub>, {{mvar|y}}<sub>1</sub>) to ({{mvar|x}}<sub>2</sub>, {{mvar|y}}<sub>2</sub>)]]

In [[geometry]], the '''midpoint''' is the middle [[point (geometry)|point]] of a [[line segment]]. It is [[Distance|equidistant]] from both endpoints, and it is the [[centroid]] both of the segment and of the endpoints. It [[Bisection|bisects]] the segment.