Synonym of dead point: the position at which a crank is in a direct line with a connecting rod. / A nonrevolving center in a lathe. / (idiomatic) The exact center.

Alternative form of dead-center

Alternative form of dead-center

simple past tense and past participle of centre

UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of centered

(India) The department concerned with tax on goods manufactured or produced.

(chemistry) An atom having a spatial arrangement of ligands which is not superposable on its mirror image

(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centralize

US standard spelling of centre of lift.

(aeronautics) That point on an aircraft where all the various lifting forces act. If the centre or lift is not coincident with the centre of gravity on the fore/aft axis, the plane will pitch, if not coincident on the lateral axis, it will roll.