An auxiliary angle employed to abridge the calculations connected with the motion of a planet or comet in an elliptic orbit.
·adj ·Alt. of <<Excentrical>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
In a steam-engine, a wheel placed on the crank-shaft, having its centre on one side of the axis of t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type. II. Anomaly ·noun Deviat...
Deviation from common rule. An irregularity in the motion of a planet by which it deviates from the ...
, by its action on the gab-lever, which it catches either way, puts the engine into gear. ...
This is also called the true anomaly, and is the distance of the sun from the apogee, or a planet fr...
See anomaly. ...