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eccentric

circular disk rigidly fixed to a rotating axle with its centre offset from that of the axle
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eccentric

Summary

eccentric is an engineering term[1]. eccentric draws 211 Wikipedia views per month (engineering_term category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • eccentric's instance of is recorded as engineering term[3].
  • eccentric is a type of mechanism[4].
  • eccentric's Commons category is recorded as Eccentrics (mechanism)[5].
  • eccentric's facet of is recorded as mechanical engineering[6].
  • eccentric's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
  • eccentric's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • eccentric's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • eccentric's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • eccentric's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • eccentric's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[12].

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Designation and Status

eccentric's instance of is recorded as engineering term[3].

Why It Matters

eccentric draws 211 Wikipedia views per month (engineering_term category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] eccentric has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] eccentric is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → engineering term
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → mechanism
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531372605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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