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The one point that never takes sides, just averages them.
means The exact middle of something — the point equally distant from both ends.
from Straightforward compound: 'mid' (Old English 'midd', from a very old Germanic and Indo-European root meaning 'middle') plus 'point', borrowed through French from Latin 'punctum', meaning a prick or dot. Stuck together, they've been marking exact centers — on lines, in debates, in journeys — since at least the 1800s.
- formula
- Add the coordinates, divide by two
- geometry use
- Bisects a segment into two equal halves
- deceptive label
- Rarely the midpoint of your actual journey
- negotiation trick
- Anchoring high makes the midpoint favor you