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dead point

noun

Machinery.


dead point

noun

  1. another name for dead centre
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dead point1

First recorded in 1820–30
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“We could achieve eight races by starting in October. So if you wanted a drop dead point it would be October,†he said when asked about a deadline.

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Their scenes with Mr. Pearce are more than enough reason to look forward to “Jack Irish: Dead Point,†shot last month.

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Since the rest of the bud goes on growing, however, while this dead point remains stationary, the latter gradually becomes the centre of a concavity, the growing tissues having grown round it: the bud is deformed.

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Zellers said he did not believe the lease expiration was a "drop dead" point as long as lawmakers continued to work toward a funding solution, which he believed was the case.

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Engineers, who know what is meant by a ‘dead point’ in machinery, will at once grasp the reason for not allowing the legs to shoot quite straight.

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