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noun 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.
See under center (def. 19a).
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Origin of dead center
First recorded in 1870–75
OTHER WORDS FROM dead center
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