What is the distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw called?
eccentricity — (Mech.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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