dead-center
dead-center adjective: in the exact center. Also the alternative form of dead center.
Adjective
dead-center (not comparable)
- In the exact center
- These curves represent approximate insertion conditions for lunar impact trajectories designed to intersect the center of the moon (dead-center hit).1961, NASA Technical Report, page 7
Adverb
dead-center (not comparable)
- In the exact center.
- With a Dragunov, I can hit any target dead-center at a distanceof two hundred meters.2014, Martin DuPont, Beyond Fear: If You Must Think It; You Will Die, page 219
- Think of it this way: There's no musical listening experience quite like sitting dead-center in an acoustically perfect concert hall.2015, Aaron Gustafson, Adaptive Web Design
Noun
dead-center (plural dead-centers)
- The exact center
Verb
dead-center (third-person singular simple present dead-centers, present participle dead-centering, simple past and past participle dead-centered)
- To hit or place in the exact center.
- All four of you are assuming that I've dead-centered the target . I thought probably I was right, but since I couldn't find any Eich traces, I expected a lot of argument.1953, Edward Elmer Smith, Second Stage Lensmen, page 161
- At over a hundred knots, Archie slid the Hawk forward and dead-centered the basket with the probe on his first try.2012, M. L. Buchman, I Own the Dawn
Also used as
dead-center is also the alternative form of dead center.
Examples of dead-center in a sentence
- The snack bar itself had beautiful light-grained Formica counters, and there was a giant popcorn machine placed dead-center as a focal point, like a “Holy Grail” of snacks for all to see.2016, Dennis Hinton, A Skate Odyssey: The Rise and Fall of an American Family:
- He had looked backward longer than he realized and neatly dead-centered the lone but firm sapling.2016, Thomas W. Kavanagh, The Life of Ten Bears: Comanche Historical Narratives:
- Sometimes I'd like to half-brain the old buzzard, but everything he has said so far has dead-centered the beam.2017, E.E. 'Doc' Smith, Children of the Lens:
Forms of dead-center
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | dead center |
| alternative form | deadcenter |
| Noun | |
| plural | dead-centers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dead-centers |
| present participle | dead-centering |
| past participle | dead-centered |
| past | dead-centered |
Questions about dead-center
- What does dead-center mean?
- Dead-center means in the exact center.
- How do you use dead-center in a sentence?
- The snack bar itself had beautiful light-grained Formica counters, and there was a giant popcorn machine placed dead-center as a focal point, like a “Holy Grail” of snacks for all to see.
- What part of speech is dead-center?
- Dead-center can be an adjective, an adverb, a noun or a verb.
Words near dead-center in the dictionary
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