dead point

nounMachinery.

dead center (def. 3).

Origin of dead point

First recorded in 1820–30

Words Nearby dead point

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How to use dead point in a sentence

Justice is the dead-point in a series of acts—the ideal point at which contrary forces neutralize each other to produce inertia.
Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas | Remy de Gourmont
There exists no punctum mortuum, no one really dead point in the universe.
The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study | Jean-Marie Guyau
At the dead point, the two attractions, terrestrial and lunar, would again exactly counterbalance each other.
All Around the Moon | Jules Verne
And when arrived at this dead point, what will become of us?
From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round It | Jules Verne
To help him over this dead point the rest of my life was at his service.
The Tower of Oblivion | Oliver Onions

British Dictionary definitions for dead point

dead point

noun

another name for dead centre

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