dead-centered
dead-centered is the simple past and past participle of dead-center.
Meaning of dead-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
Adjective
dead-centered (not comparable)
- In the exact center
- Christ is shown full-face and full-figured, dead-centered in the picture and half-arisen from the coffin, crowned, robed, still bleeding from the wound in his chest and holding a banner emblazoned with a cross as if it were a battle flag.1961, Robert Myron Coates, Beyond the Alps: A Summer in the Italian Hill Towns, page 55
- His skill was such that, though the coldheart wasn't dead-centered in the viewfield, he was just a twitch away.2014, James Axler, Playfair's Axiom
Questions about dead-centered
- What does dead-centered mean?
- Dead-centered means in the exact center.
- What is dead-centered the simple past and past participle of?
- Dead-centered is the simple past and past participle of dead-center.
- What part of speech is dead-centered?
- Dead-centered is an adjective.
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