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

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

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

Hook :: Hook (n.) See Eccentric, and V-hook..

Idiosyncrasy :: Idiosyncrasy (n.) A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity..

Hobbyhorsical :: Hobbyhorsical (n.) Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical..

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

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..

Eccentrical :: Eccentrical (a.) See Eccentric.

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

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

Excentricity :: Excentricity () Same as Eccentricity.

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

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..

Throw :: Throw (n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston..

Eccentric :: Eccentric (a.) 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..

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

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..

Eccentric :: Eccentric (a.) 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..

Infirmity :: Infirmity (a.) A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.

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