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Eccentrical :: Eccentrical (a.) See Eccentric.

Pro Thyalosoma :: Pro thyalosoma (n.) The investing portion, or spherical envelope, surrounding the eccentric germinal spot of the germinal vesicle..

Eccentric :: Eccentric (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 crank having the same throw..

Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.

Eccentric :: Eccentric (n.) A circle described about the center of an elliptical orbit, with half the major axis for radius..

Link Motion :: Link motion () A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines..

V Hook :: V hook () A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V..

Eccentric :: Eccentric (n.) In the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circular orbit of a planet about the earth, but with the earth not in its center..

Oddness :: Oddness (n.) Singularity; strangeness; eccentricity; irregularity; uncouthness; as, the oddness of dress or shape; the oddness of an event..

Fantastic :: Fantastic (a.) Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque..

Abaxile :: Abaxile (a.) Away from the axis or central line; eccentric.

Eccentric :: Eccentric (n.) One who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an anomalous or irregular person or thing..

Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.

Planet :: Planet (n.) A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See Solar system..

Original :: Original (n.) A person of marked eccentricity.

Equant :: Equant (n.) A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also eccentric equator.

Humorist :: Humorist (n.) One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways..

Eccentric :: Eccentric (a.) Not coincident as to motive or end.

Gab :: Gab (n.) The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.

Flighty :: Flighty (a.) Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; eccentric; slighty delirious..

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