midsegment

American

[mid-seg-muhnt] / ˈmɪdˌsɛg mənt /

noun

a line joining the midpoints of two sides of a triangle.

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D’Agata’s troubling language, in which he seemed to catch himself midsegment, pinpointed much of the emerging bias.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2022

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