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Deadbeat
Webster's Dictionary
(a.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Deadbeat'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/deadbeat.html. 1828.