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dead centre

noun

the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
a pointed rod mounted in the tailstock of a lathe to support a workpiece

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Nearby words

  1. dead arm,
  2. dead as a doornail,
  3. dead beat,
  4. dead bury their dead, let the,
  5. dead center,
  6. dead data,
  7. dead drop,
  8. dead drunk,
  9. dead duck,
  10. dead end
Also called: dead point
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Examples from the Web for dead centre

  • They half start, an' then they stick on a dead-centre, an' blame it all on other folk's ways o' treatin' them.

    The Day's Work, Volume 1|Rudyard Kipling