Eccentricity_(mechanics) Eccentricity_(mechanics)

Eccentricity (mechanics) - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Aberration, Abnormality, Animus, Anomaly, Aptitude, Arrhythmia, Bent, Bias, Buffoonery, Cast, Character

(This page refers to eccitricity in mechanical engineering. For other uses, see the disambiguation page: eccentricity.)

In mechanical engineering, an eccentric is a wheel that rotates on an axle that is displaced from the focus of the circle described by the wheel; in other words, a mechanical motion that can operate either as a cam or a crank, depending upon how it is driven.

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