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What is the technical term to refer to a "regular" equation in the center of a page in latex?

I know that a formula in the middle of a sentence is called "inline"

Would it be called an "outline" formula?

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If by "technical term" you mean "TeXnical term" :-) the phrase you are looking for is display math. From the TeXbook, p. 85

Just as people get into different moods, TeX gets into different “modes.” (Except that TeX is more predictable than people.) There are six modes:

  • Vertical mode. [Building the main vertical list, from which the pages of output are derived.]
  • Internal vertical mode. [Building a vertical list for a vbox.]
  • Horizontal mode. [Building a horizontal list for a paragraph.]
  • Restricted horizontal mode. [Building a horizontal list for an hbox.]
  • Math mode. [Building a mathematical formula to be placed in a horizontal list.]
  • Display math mode. [Building a mathematical formula to be placed on a line by itself, temporarily interrupting the current paragraph.]
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