Definitions for eccentrick
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1. ECCENTRICAL, ECCENTRICKadjective

   Etymology: eccentricus, Latin.

   1. Deviating from the center.2. Not having the same center with another circle: such circles were supposed by the Ptolemaick philosophy.

   Thither his course he bends
   Through the calm firmament; but up or down,
   By centrick or eccentrick, hard to tell. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

   They build, unbuild, contrive,
   To save appearances: they gird the sphere
   With centrick, and eccentrick, scribbl’d o’er,
   Cycle, and epicycle, orb in orb. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   Whence is it that planets move all one and the same way in orbs concentrick, while comets move all manner of ways in orbs very eccentrick? Isaac Newton, Opt.

   3. Not terminating in the point; not directed by the same principle.

   Whatsoever affairs pass such a man’s hands, he crooketh them to his own ends; which must needs be often eccentrick to the ends of his master. Francis Bacon, Essays.

   4. Irregular; anamalous; deviating from stated and constant methods.

   This motion, like others of the times, seems eccentrick and irregular. Charles I .

   A character of an eccentrick virtue, is the more exact image of human life, because it is not wholly exempted from its frailties. John Dryden, the Conquest of Granada. Dedicat. to.

   Then from whate’er we can to sense produce,
   Common and plain, or wond’rous and abstruse,
   From nature’s constant or eccentrick laws,
   The thoughtful soul this gen’ral inference draws,
   That an effect must presuppose a cause. Matthew Prior.

2. ECCENTRICAL, ECCENTRICKadjective

   Etymology: eccentricus, Latin.

   1. Deviating from the center.2. Not having the same center with another circle: such circles were supposed by the Ptolemaick philosophy.

   Thither his course he bends
   Through the calm firmament; but up or down,
   By centrick or eccentrick, hard to tell. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

   They build, unbuild, contrive,
   To save appearances: they gird the sphere
   With centrick, and eccentrick, scribbl’d o’er,
   Cycle, and epicycle, orb in orb. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   Whence is it that planets move all one and the same way in orbs concentrick, while comets move all manner of ways in orbs very eccentrick? Isaac Newton, Opt.

   3. Not terminating in the point; not directed by the same principle.

   Whatsoever affairs pass such a man’s hands, he crooketh them to his own ends; which must needs be often eccentrick to the ends of his master. Francis Bacon, Essays.

   4. Irregular; anamalous; deviating from stated and constant methods.

   This motion, like others of the times, seems eccentrick and irregular. Charles I .

   A character of an eccentrick virtue, is the more exact image of human life, because it is not wholly exempted from its frailties. John Dryden, the Conquest of Granada. Dedicat. to.

   Then from whate’er we can to sense produce,
   Common and plain, or wond’rous and abstruse,
   From nature’s constant or eccentrick laws,
   The thoughtful soul this gen’ral inference draws,
   That an effect must presuppose a cause. Matthew Prior.

How to pronounce eccentrick?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of eccentrick in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of eccentrick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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