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A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V.
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.
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adv.
In an eccentric manner.
a.
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.
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.
n.
The investing portion, or spherical envelope, surrounding the eccentric germinal spot of the germinal vesicle.
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.
n.
A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity.
n.
Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.
a.
See Eccentric.
n.
One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways.
n.
See Eccentric, and V-hook.
n.
The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
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Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
n.
In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent motions.
n.
The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.
n.
Singularity; strangeness; eccentricity; irregularity; uncouthness; as, the oddness of dress or shape; the oddness of an event.
pl.
of Eccentricity
n.
A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice.
a.
Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod in a steam engine.
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