Look up: eccentric

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   eccentric
   Noncircular; elliptical (applied to an orbit).
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   eccentric
   Non-circular; elliptical (applied to an orbit).
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   Eccentric
   a term used to describe modular cubes in which the pattern on every face is different from the pattern on every other face.
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   eccentric
   [adj] - not having a common center 2. [n] - a person with an unusual or odd personality
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   Eccentric
   An eliptical (orbit).
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   Eccentric
   A circle not having a geometric centre.Also, a device such as a crankshaft or a cam for converting rotary motion to reciprocating motion. See also: Cam.
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   eccentric
   a crank in which the pin diameter exceeds the stroke,resulting in a disk eccentric to the shaft Category: Mechanical engineering
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   Eccentric
   Ec·cen'tric adjective [ French excentrique , formerly also spelled eccentrique , from Late Latin eccentros out of the center, eccentric, Greek ...; ... out of + ... center. See Ex- , and Center , and confer Excentral .] 1. Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining t ...
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   Eccentric
   Ec·cen'tric noun 1. A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first. 2. One who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an anomalous or irregular person or thing. 3. (Astron.) (a) In the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circular orbit of a planet about the earth, but with the earth not in its center. (b) A cir ...
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    eccentric
    1. 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. ... 2. 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 ...
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    eccentric
    nonconcentric adjective not having a common center; not concentric; `eccentric circles`
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    eccentric
    eccentric person noun a person with an unusual or odd personality
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    eccentric
    (ek-sen´trik) situated or occurring or proceeding away from a center.
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    Eccentric
    • (n.) A circle described about the center of an elliptical orbit, with half the major axis for radius. • (n.) 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 cran...
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    Eccentric
    The condition that exists when a load is applied on a line of action that does not pass through the centroid of the body it is applied to.
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    eccentric
    A device for converting continuous circular motion into reciprocating rectilinear motion.
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    eccentric
    eccentric, in mechanics, device for changing rotary to back-and-forth motion. A disk is mounted off center on a shaft. One flat, open, circular end of a rod fits around the edge of the disk; the other end is usually attached to a block that slides in a slot. As the shaft rotates the block slides bac...
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