It is most often employed in steam engines and used to convert rotary into linear reciprocating motion in order to drive a sliding valve or a pump ram.
In order to do so an eccentric usually has a groove at its circumference around which is closely fitted a circular collar attached to which an eccentric rod is suspended in such a way that its other end can impart the required reciprocating motion. A return crank fulfils the same function except that it can only work at the end of an axle or on the outside of a wheel whereas an eccentric can also be fitted to the body of the axle between the wheels.
Unlike a cam, which also converts rotary into linear motion at almost any rate of acceleration and deceleration, an eccentric or return crank can only impart simple harmonic motion. A device applied to the truck wheels of top carriages and beds of mortars in sea-coast artillery to give either rolling or sliding friction at will. The wheels turn on axle-arms which project eccentrically from the ends of an axle passing through both cheeks; when the axle is turned the axle-arms carry the wheels up or down; when at the lowest point the weight of the carriage is borne by the wheels, and the system moves on rolling friction; the wheels are then said to be in gear; when out of gear, or at their highest points, the wheels do not touch the rails or platform plates, but the cheeks rest on them, and the carriage moves upon sliding friction.
A similar device is attached to the chassis near the pintle to enable it to be readily traversed when in gear, and give it stability when out of gear. I don't expect many Israelis to stream out on to the streets and greet the car of Prince William. He will be treated as some celebrity of course, obviously, maybe some exotic eccentric curiosity. I have always had a soft spot for eccentric s, and I have worked long and hard to be eccentric Andy Duncan, with The Results.
If you remove planet nine from the model and instead allow for lots of small objects scattered across a wide area, collective attractions between those objects could just as easily account for the eccentric orbits we see in some TNOs. To us, the moment A. To our ancestors, such an odd eccentric instant was without significance - did not even exist. In inventing the locomotive, Watt and Stevenson were part inventors of time. Henry Steele Commager :. A free society cherishes nonconformity.
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Log in Sign Up. Save Word. Essential Meaning of eccentric. Full Definition of eccentric Entry 1 of 2. Definition of eccentric Entry 2 of 2. Keep scrolling for more. Choose the Right Synonym for eccentric Adjective strange , singular , unique , peculiar , eccentric , erratic , odd , quaint , outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. Did you know? Adjective Eccentric comes to us through Middle English from the Medieval Latin word eccentricus, but it is ultimately derived from a combination of the Greek words ex, meaning "out of," and kentron, meaning "center.
Examples of eccentric in a Sentence Adjective It was Charles Darwin's eccentric mathematician cousin Francis Galton who in ignited the nature-nurture controversy. Kennedy , Atlantic , March He was a kind but eccentric man.
She's become more eccentric over the years. Noun It wasn't until she [Mother Teresa] had set up a leprosarium outside Calcutta on land provided by the government that I began to see her as an idealist rather than an eccentric. Mozart couldn't "handle people," as one former friend put it. Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective That happiness has brought a more eccentric and colorful reality to the closets and psyches of an entire generation, not to mention the impact that Bad Bunny and his fellow reggaetoneros, J Balvin and Maluma, have had on designer runways.
But the man inside these voluminous clothes is even still more eccentric. New Word List Word List. Save This Word! See synonyms for eccentric on Thesaurus. See antonyms for eccentric on Thesaurus. We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms. Words nearby eccentric ecaudate , ECB , Ecbatana , ecbolic , ecce homo , eccentric , eccentric hypertrophy , eccentricity , eccentric occlusion , eccentrochondroplasia , ecce signum.
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