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• Midpoint — The midpoint of the segment (x1, y1) to (x2, y2) The midpoint (also known as class mark in relation to histogram) is the middle point of a line segment. It is equidistant from both endpoints. Contents …   Wikipedia

• midpoint — /mid poynt /, n. 1. a point at or near the middle of, or equidistant from, both ends, as of a line: the midpoint of a boundary. 2. a point in time halfway between the beginning and the end, as of a process, event, or situation: the midpoint of… …   Universalium

• midpoint — noun a) A point equidistant between two extremes. b) A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length …   Wiktionary

• Bresenham's line algorithm — The Bresenham line algorithm is an algorithm that determines which points in an n dimensional raster should be plotted in order to form a close approximation to a straight line between two given points. It is commonly used to draw lines on a… …   Wikipedia

• Simson line — In geometry, given a triangle and a point on its circumcircle, the intersections formed when lines are constructed from the point perpendicular to each of the triangle s sides are collinear. The line through these points is the Simson line, named …   Wikipedia

• Dessin d'enfant — In mathematics, a dessin d enfant (French for a child s drawing , plural dessins d enfants, children s drawings ) is a type of graph drawing used to study Riemann surfaces and to provide combinatorial invariants for the action of the absolute… …   Wikipedia

• Tangent lines to circles — In Euclidean plane geometry, tangent lines to circles form the subject of several theorems, and play an important role in many geometrical constructions and proofs. Since the tangent line to a circle at a point P is perpendicular to the radius to …   Wikipedia

• Nine-point circle — The nine points In geometry, the nine point circle is a circle that can be constructed for any given triangle. It is so named because it passes through nine significant points defined from the triangle. These nine points are: The midpoint of each …   Wikipedia

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• Tetrahedron — For the academic journal, see Tetrahedron (journal). Regular Tetrahedron (Click here for rotating model) Type Platonic solid Elements F = 4, E = 6 V = 4 (χ = 2) Faces by s …   Wikipedia

• CIE 1931 color space — In the study of color perception, one of the first mathematically defined color spaces is the CIE 1931 XYZ color space, created by the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) in 1931.[1][2] The CIE XYZ color space was derived from a series …   Wikipedia