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Eccentric Theory (The)

in astronomy. A theory which uses an ecoentric instead of an epicycle in accounting for the sun’s motion.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Eaves-dropper
Ebionism
Ebionites
Eblis or Ibleis
Ebony
Ebudæ
Ecce Homo
Ecce Signum
Eccentric
Eccentric Sensation
Eccentric Theory (The)
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiasticus
Echidna (E-kid-na)
Echo
Echo
Eckhardt
Eclectics
Eclipses
Ecliptic