Eccentric gear
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(Mach.) | The whole apparatus, strap, and other parts, by which the motion of an eccentric is transmitted, as in the steam engine. |
A cogwheel set to turn about an eccentric axis used to give variable rotation. |
See also: Eccentric, Eccentric
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.