Deadbeat

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Deadbeat, deadbeats or dead-beat may refer to:

  • Deadbeat escapement, a type of escapement used in pendulum clocks
  • Dead-beat control, a problem in discrete control theory of finding an optimal input sequence that will bring the system output to a given setpoint in a finite number of time steps
  • Deadbeat parent, pejorative term referring to parents who do not fulfill their parental responsibilities
  • Dead Beat, a 1992 novel by Val McDermid
  • Dead Beat (The Dresden Files), a 2005 book of the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher

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