dead centre
Britishnoun
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the exact top ( top dead centre ) or bottom ( bottom dead centre ) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
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a pointed rod mounted in the tailstock of a lathe to support a workpiece
Example Sentences
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The specialist bomb-aiming equipment developed for the raid was now useless, and Johnson was going to have to rely on instinct to drop the bomb dead centre.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022
EDT 15:16 30 min: Free-kick for Bayern, just outside the Atletico penalty area, almost dead centre.
From The Guardian • May 3, 2016
Really nice range for Palace here: dead centre, about 25 yards out.
From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2016
Same week Owen D. Young declared that the "dead centre" of Depression had come & gone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Finding nothing, no bait and no new idea, I sat up—only to discover that I was dead centre in the focus of his stare.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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