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Engineering Dictionary

Eccentricity

The degree to which two forms fail to share a common center; for example, in a pipe or tube whose inside is off center toth regard to the outside. In hollow extrusions: the difference between the maximum and minimum wall thickness at any single cross section. The degree of eccentricity can be expressed by a plus or minus wall thickness tolerance.