dead point

noun

, Machinery.

1. dead center ( def 3 ).

dead point

noun

1. See dead centre
   another name for dead centre

Word History and Origins

Origin of dead point¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Justice is the dead-point in a series of acts—the ideal point at which contrary forces neutralize each other to produce inertia.

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There exists no punctum mortuum, no one really dead point in the universe.

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At the dead point, the two attractions, terrestrial and lunar, would again exactly counterbalance each other.

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And when arrived at this dead point, what will become of us?

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To help him over this dead point the rest of my life was at his service.

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