DEAD-POINTS
\dˈɛdpˈɔ͡ɪnts], \dˈɛdpˈɔɪnts], \d_ˈɛ_d_p_ˈɔɪ_n_t_s]\
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Those points of the circle described by the end of a crank at which the crank and connecting-rod are in the same straight line. In this position the driving power has no tendency to turn the crank, which is carried past the dead-points only by the inertia of the machine.
By Henry Percy Smith
