Dead'-point, n.
n. (Mach.) Either of the two opposite points in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and the connecting-rod lie in the same straight line; as A and B; the corresponding positions of the cross-head being A' and B'.
n. (Mach.) Either of the two opposite points in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and the connecting-rod lie in the same straight line; as A and B; the corresponding positions of the cross-head being A' and B'.