DEAD CENTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dead center mean? 

• DEAD CENTER (noun)
  The noun DEAD CENTER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DEAD CENTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEAD CENTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

dead center; dead centre

Hypernyms ("dead center" is a kind of...):

position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)

 Context examples 

A bracket designed for holding a bottom dead center sensor.

(Bottom Dead Center Sensor Bracket Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)