endpoint

(noun)

Either of the two points at the ends of a line segment.

Related Terms

  • bounded
  • half-bounded interval
  • bounded interval
  • unbounded interval
  • interval
  • open interval
  • closed interval
  • Bounded interval
  • Unbounded interval
  • half-bounded

Examples of endpoint in the following topics:

  • Interval Notation

    • Interval notation uses parentheses and brackets to describe sets of real numbers and their endpoints.
    • The two numbers are called the endpoints of the interval.
    • An open interval does not include its endpoints and is indicated with parentheses.
    • An interval is said to be bounded if both of its endpoints are real numbers.
    • Conversely, if neither endpoint is a real number, the interval is said to be unbounded.
  • Parts of an Ellipse

    • Its endpoints are the major axis vertices, with coordinates $(h \pm a, k)$.
    • Its endpoints are the minor axis verticies, with coordinates $(h, k \pm b)$.
  • The Distance Formula and Midpoints of Segments

    • In geometry, the midpoint is the middle point of a line segment, or the middle point of two points on a line, and thus is equidistant from both endpoints.
    • The equation for a midpoint of a line segment with endpoints $(x_{1},y_{1})$and $(x_{2},y_{2})$
  • Circles as Conic Sections

    • Diameter: the longest chord, a line segment whose endpoints lie on the circle and which passes through the center; or the length of such a segment, which is the largest distance between any two points on the circle.
    • Segment: a region bounded by a chord and an arc lying between the chord's endpoints.
  • Standard Equations of Hyperbolas

    • A conjugate axis of length 2b, corresponding to the minor axis of an ellipse, is sometimes drawn on the non-transverse principal axis; its endpoints ±b lie on the minor axis at the height of the asymptotes over/under the hyperbola's vertices.
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