Definition of "dead center"

dead center

noun
plural dead centers
1. Synonym of dead point: the position at which a crank is in a direct line with a connecting rod.
2. A nonrevolving center in a lathe.
3. (idiomatic) The exact center.
  Quotations
  1894, Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill, the Dead-Center Shot
adjective
not comparable
1. Alternative form of dead-center
  Quotations
  Dead center on its back was the design of a large, blue eye that somehow looked familiar.
  2000, L. R. Manley, Thrillseekers.Com: A Novel
  It was this side of new, set back from the street in a lot dead center at the end of a cul-de-sac.
  2015, Sybil Bartel, Impossible Promise
adverb
not comparable
1. Alternative form of dead-center
  Quotations
  Now, the Ouija board sat dead center.
  2013, Ellie James, Broken Illusions
  Damascus White sat dead center in the back of the booth.
  2013, Jaye Wells, Rusted Veins: A Sabina Kane Novella
  I give it a flick, so the daisy charm swings back and forth like a pendulum, dead center in the middle of his windshield.
  2013, Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian, Fire with Fire