A metric used in NBA basketball that is similar to Field Goal Percentage, but adds an additional parameter.
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) politics. a. the middle of a term of office, esp of a presidential term, when congressional and local elections are held. b. (as modifier): midterm elections.
midterm - an examination administered in the middle of an academic term. midterm exam, midterm examination. exam, examination, test - a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions.