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Webster 1913 Edition
Deadbeat
Dead′beatˊ
,Adj.
(Physics)
Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; – said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.
Deadbeat escapement
. See under
Escapement
.