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dead point
dead point
noun
another name for dead centre
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dead point1
Example Sentences
“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.
Their scenes with Mr. Pearce are more than enough reason to look forward to “Jack Irish: Dead Point,” shot last month.
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.
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.
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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