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dead centre

1. (Mechanical Engineering) the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump

2. (Tools) a pointed rod mounted in the tailstock of a lathe to support a workpiece

Also called: dead point

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

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spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"

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Lord Lundie was 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.

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A more symbolic site would be the empty field at Lindley Hall Farm in Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire, which Ordnance Survey calculates as the dead centre of the country.

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Eighteenth Century Russia rapidly blurs into modern-day Ireland (it's all the work of Irish theatre company Dead Centre), as the silent main character steps up from the audience and chaos ensues.

REVIEW: Chekhov's First Play at the Playhouse Theatre; Irish theatre company Dead Centre deconstruct writer's notoriously difficult first play

Award-winning Irish Theatre Company, Dead Centre, do injustice to a great playwright.

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"The first time you see a reference to 'Hamnet' it seems like a typo," reckons Ben Kidd, co-founder of Anglo Irish theatre company Dead Centre. And it's that presumed typo - could it be 'Hamlet?' - which initially grabbed the attention of Ben and his co-conspirator Bush Moukarzel.

The boy who was just one letter away from greatness... Theatre company Dead Centre is bringing its acclaimed production Hamnet, based on William Shakespeare's tragic young son, to the Midlands. DAVE FREAK reports

Though Hamnet features just one actor, Aran is far from alone on stage, thanks to Dead Centre's use of screen technology "We like trying to use technology to do something that could not be achieved on stage in any other way," Ben explains.

The boy who was just one letter away from greatness; Theatre company Dead Centre is bringing its acclaimed production Hamnet, based on William Shakespeare's tragic young son, to the Midlands. DAVE FREAK reports

Mike Trout walked four times and hit a sacrifice fly in the third, and Shohei Ohtani crushed a 435-foot homer to dead centre in the fourth.

Angels lose to the lowly White Sox

They say the Midlands is dead centre but this is ridiculous.

Dead strange to have meal for deceased

I used to be pretty much dead centre with a bias towards right, that is Tory, but no more.

Nightmare in Downing St; Letters

Are you in the dead centre of Wrexham?" And Simon Pate asked for the coffin's dimensions so he could "measure a few people up".

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Mostly they're going for symmetry, these photographers - some armed with long lenses and some with smart phones - trying to line up the bridges with a friend posing dead centre in front of them.

An unusual viewpoint is the quay

Mostly they're going for symmetry, these photographers -- some armed with long lenses and some with smart phones -- trying to line up the bridges with a friend posing dead centre in front of them.

Atmospheric shots of one of the most photographed parts of the North East; Photographer Lewis Arnold shares some of his favourite shots of Newcastle's and Gateshead's famous quayside landmarks

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