dead centre

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsdead center

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Questions about dead centre

What does dead centre mean?

dead centre 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 centre?

Close synonyms include dead center. 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 centre a common word?

dead centre 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.