Category:Paracentric

Par`a*cen"tric, par`a*cen"tric*al, a. Etym: [pref. para- + centric, - Ical: cf. F. paracentrique.]

Defn: deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a Center. Paracentric curve (math.), a curve having the property that, When its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by The force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point Or center, by equal distances in equal times; -- called also a Paracentric. -- paracentric motton or velocity, the motion or velocity of a Revolving body, as a planet, by which it approaches to, or recedes From, the center, without reference to its motion in space, or to its Motion as reckoned in any other direction.