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

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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

To help him over this dead point the rest of my life was at his service.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

"What we did not do, what we could not do on our first passage at the dead point, because the projectile was then endowed with too great a speed."

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

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 Marryat, Frederick