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dead center en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
The sense referring to a piston position was originally a variant of earlier dead-point. The adjective carries two of its senses at once in this construction: both "exact" and "without force imparted". As the piston passes through dead center, there is an instant when it is neither being pushed nor being pulled.
Meanings
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(US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of dead-center.
Dead center on its back was the design of a large, blue eye that somehow looked familiar.
2000, L. R. Manley, Thrillseekers.Com: A Novel:It was this side of new, set back from the street in a lot dead center at the end of a cul-de-sac.
2015, Sybil Bartel, Impossible Promise:
Forms
dead center en · ADV
Pronunciation
Etymology
The sense referring to a piston position was originally a variant of earlier dead-point. The adjective carries two of its senses at once in this construction: both "exact" and "without force imparted". As the piston passes through dead center, there is an instant when it is neither being pushed nor being pulled.
Meanings
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(US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of dead-center.
I give it a flick, so the daisy charm swings back and forth like a pendulum, dead center in the middle of his windshield.
2013, Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian, Fire with Fire:Now, the Ouija board sat dead center.
2013, Ellie James, Broken Illusions:Damascus White sat dead center in the back of the booth.
2013, Jaye Wells, Rusted Veins: A Sabina Kane Novella:
Forms
dead center en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
The sense referring to a piston position was originally a variant of earlier dead-point. The adjective carries two of its senses at once in this construction: both "exact" and "without force imparted". As the piston passes through dead center, there is an instant when it is neither being pushed nor being pulled.
Meanings
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(US) Synonym of dead point: the position at which a crank is in a direct line with a connecting rod.
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(US) A nonrevolving center in a lathe.
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(US, idiomatic) The exact center.
Forms
Deriveds
top dead center · bottom dead center
Synonyms
dead point · bullseye (exact center)
Translations (12)
vi chính giữa (idiomatic: precise center) · tr ölü nokta (position of the crank of a piston when it is in line with the connecting rod) · ro punct mort (position of the crank of a piston when it is in line with the connecting rod) · ru мёртвая то́чка (position of the crank of a piston when it is in line with the connecting rod) · fi napakymppi (idiomatic: precise center) · fi kuolokohta (position of the crank of a piston when it is in line with the connecting rod) · de toter Punkt (position of the crank of a piston when it is in line with the connecting rod) · ca punt mort (position of the crank of a piston when it is in line with the connecting rod) · cmn 正中心 (idiomatic: precise center) · mnc ᡨᠣᠪ ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠ (idiomatic: precise center) · cs úvrať (position of the crank of a piston when it is in line with the connecting rod) · de Totpunkt (position of the crank of a piston when it is in line with the connecting rod)