dead center
in or at the exact midpoint: The town is located dead center between Dallas and Houston.She took a single shot and hit the cardboard figure dead center.
the exact center or midpoint: I live in the dead center of the capitol, and parking is a nightmare.I hate when people leave their shopping cart in the dead center of the aisle.
Machinery.
Also called dead point . (in a reciprocating engine) either of two positions at which the crank cannot be turned by the connecting rod, occurring at each end of a stroke when the crank and connecting rod are in the same line.
a tapered rod, mounted in the tailstock spindle of a lathe, upon which the work to be turned is placed.: Compare live center.
Origin of dead center
1Other words from dead center
- dead-cen·ter, adjective
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How to use dead center in a sentence
In between, Mountcastle launched a game-tying home run to dead center field on a curveball that caught too much plate.
Orioles’ skid reaches 14 games with extra-innings loss to visiting Twins | Nathan Ruiz | May 31, 2021 | Washington PostThese two lines were visible in the puzzle as the circled coordinates, assuming the dead center of the grid was the origin of the coordinate plane.
Can You Find A Trio Of Squares? | Zach Wissner-Gross (riddlercolumn@gmail.com) | May 7, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightAnd darned if each meteor didn't strike dead center of each plant network.
Old Friends Are the Best | Jack SharkeyThere could be but little time left us before that bombing struck dead center and brought the whole palace down.
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellCome on, though, Morey—give me a hand—I got you off dead center.
Islands of Space | John W Campbell
I threw her hand off with a snarl, kept my foot rammed down hard and hit the man dead center.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver SmithIn the middle there would be a dead center, and if the block stopped here, the valve would not move at all.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. Stephenson
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