dead point

American  

noun

Machinery.

1. dead center.

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dead point British  

noun

1. another name for dead centre

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Etymology

Origin of dead point

First recorded in 1820–30

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Example Sentences

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dead point

At the engine's "dead point," Lincoln said, even a single turn is "extremely difficult."

From Time Magazine Archive

The speed retained had borne the projectile beyond the dead point.

From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Jules Verne

In a few minutes more there was a dead point at the hedge-row.

From Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago by Henry William Herbert

The influx of the lower column flowing up stream, after it passes the dead point, is allowed time and opportunity for the sediment to deposit.

From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Now, only supposing the Projectile's velocity to be absolutely annihilated at the dead point, the slightest force directing it towards the Moon would be certain to cause it finally to fall on her surface.

From All Around the Moon by Edward Roth

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