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dead center

[ ded-sen-ter ]
/ ˈdɛd ˈsɛn tər /
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adverb
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.
noun
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.
  1. 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.
  2. a tapered rod, mounted in the tailstock spindle of a lathe, upon which the work to be turned is placed.Compare live center.
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Origin of dead center

First recorded in 1870–75

OTHER WORDS FROM dead center

dead-cen·ter, adjective
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