eccentric : Idioms & Phrases
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Back eccentric
- the eccentric that reverses or backs the valve gear and the engine.
Webster 1913
Eccentric hook ∨ gab
- a hook-shaped journal box on the end of an eccentric rod, opposite the strap.
Webster 1913
Eccentric anomaly
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(Astron.) SeeAnomaly .
Webster 1913
Eccentric chuck
(Mach.) , a lathe chuck so constructed that the work held by it may be altered as to its center of motion, so as to produce combinations of eccentric combinations of eccentric circles.
Webster 1913
Eccentric gear
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(Mach.) (a) The whole apparatus, strap, and other parts, by which the motion of an eccentric is transmitted, as in the steam engine.(b) A cogwheel set to turn about an eccentric axis used to give variable rotation.
Webster 1913
eccentric person
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noun a person with an unusual or odd personality
eccentric; geek; oddball; flake.
WordNet
Eccentric rod
- the rod that connects as eccentric strap with any part to be acted upon by the eccentric.
Webster 1913
Eccentric sheave , ∨ Eccentric pulley
- an eccentric.
Webster 1913
Eccentric strap
- the ring, operating as a journal box, that encircles and receives motion from an eccentric; called also
eccentric hoop .
Webster 1913
Fore eccentric
- the eccentric that imparts a forward motion to the valve gear and the engine.