| 1. | a race in which two or more competitors finish in a tie. |
| 2. | the result of such a race; tie. |
| dead heat n.
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dead heat
A contest in which the competitors are equally matched and neither can win; a tie. For example, The two companies are in a dead heat to get a new personal computer on the market. This term comes from 18th-century British horse racing and is still part of racing terminology. It later was transferred to other kinds of competition.