dead center

1. 1.

   the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque

   Synonymsdead centre

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Questions about dead center

What does dead center mean?

dead center means "the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque".

What is another word for dead center?

Close synonyms include dead centre. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dead center a common word?

dead center is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.