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/dɛd sˈɛntər/ Listen

Dead centre

noun

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

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... me—stayed on the bridge, brought up on a dead centre. Number One was similarly, though lesser, impressed, but o' course 'is duty was to think of 'is fine white decks an' the blood. 'Arf a mo', Sir,' he says, when the old man was for leavin'. 'We have to wait for the burial, which I am ...

— Traffics and Discoveries • Rudyard Kipling

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... rapidly improving in technique, though organ-grinding, unlike the Law, is more of a calling than a trade, and he hung occasionally on a dead centre. Giuseppe, I think, was singing, but I could not understand the drift of Sir Christopher's remarks. They ...

— Actions and Reactions • Rudyard Kipling

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