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
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).