| Eccentric (eccentric) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| Ec*cen"tric |
| [F.
excentrique, formerly also spelled eccentrique, fr. LL.
eccentros out of the center, eccentric, Gr. (?); (?) out of +
(?) center. See Ex-, and Center, and cf.
Excentral.] |
Deviating or departing
from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an
eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from
the center or from true circular motion.
Not having the same center; -- said of
circles, ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in
whole or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same center; --
opposed to concentric.
Pertaining to an eccentric;
as, the eccentric rod in a steam engine.
Not coincident as to motive or
end.
Deviating from stated methods, usual
practice, or established forms or laws; deviating from an appointed
sphere or way; departing from the usual course; irregular; anomalous;
odd; as, eccentric conduct.
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| Eccentric (eccentric) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Ec*cen"tric |
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A circle not having the same center as another contained in some
measure within the first.
One who, or that which, deviates from
regularity; an anomalous or irregular person or thing.
In
the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circular orbit of a planet about
the earth, but with the earth not in its center.
A disk or wheel so arranged
upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do
not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and
for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank
having the same throw.
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