Synonyms for dead centers


Grammar : Noun


Définition of dead centers

Origin :
  • 1590s, "to concentrate at a center," from center (n.). Related: Centered; centering. Meaning "to rest as at a center" is from 1620s. Sports sense of "to hit toward the center" is from 1890. To be centered on is from 1713. In combinations, -centered is attested by 1958.
  • As in : noun center of a target
Example sentences :
  • All the work thus far has been on models where the stock worked upon is held between the live and dead centers.
  • Extract from : « A Course In Wood Turning » by Archie S. Milton and Otto K. Wohlers
  • Such shocks would make themselves especially felt while the dead centers were being passed.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 » by Various

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