dead point

American  

noun

Machinery.

1. dead center.

---

dead point British  

noun

1. another name for dead centre

---

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

The influx of the lower column flowing up stream, after it passes the dead point, is allowed time and opportunity for the sediment to deposit.

From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Thus the time necessary to travel over the distance between the dead point and the south pole would be equal to the distance separating the north pole from the dead point.

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

Doyle 234,547 Crank movements, apparatus for overcoming the dead point in, P. E.

From Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. by Various