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dead [ded]
(electricity)
Free from any electric connection to a source of potential difference from electric charge; not having a potential different from that of earth; the term is used only with reference to current-carrying parts which are sometimes alive or charged.
(geology)
In economic geology, designating a region with no economic value.
(mining engineering)
An area of subsidence that has totally settled and is not likely to move.

dead
Descriptive of electric wiring which is not connected to a source of voltage.

1.dead - Non-functional; down; crashed. Especially used of hardware.
2.dead - At XEROX PARC, software that is working but not undergoing continued development and support.


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