dead point

American  

noun

Machinery.

1. dead center.

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dead point British  

noun

1. another name for dead centre

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Etymology

Origin of dead point

First recorded in 1820–30

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Example Sentences

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dead point

At the engine's "dead point," Lincoln said, even a single turn is "extremely difficult."

From Time Magazine Archive

In a few minutes more there was a dead point at the hedge-row.

From Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago by Henry William Herbert

At the dead point, the two attractions, terrestrial and lunar, would again exactly counterbalance each other.

From All Around the Moon by Edward Roth

The motor has no dead point, and will start from a state of rest and give out considerable power, but with what economy is not yet known.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various

We lacqueys are like sporting dogs; we follow up the game, and when they stop their running, make a dead point, until our masters bag them for themselves.

From Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat

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