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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Herbert, Henry William

"Suppose we reach this dead point," asked Ardan; "what then is to become of us?"

From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward

If its speed was utterly annulled on this dead point, a decided movement toward the moon would suffice, however slight, to determine its fall.

From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Verne, Jules