off-centre, v.
Also (U.S.) -center.
[f. prec.]
trans. To place or position off centre. So off-centred ppl. a., not central; eccentric; off-centring vbl. n., displacement from a centre.
| 1947 R. H. Müller in J. S. Hall Radar Aids to Navigation vii. 273 A point 70 miles from the radar site has been designated by the intersection of two straight lines. This appears on the scope, with an off-centering of about 1·5 radii. 1947 Miller & McLaughlin in Ibid. ix. 351 The off-center PPI is, unfortunately, rather badly distorted as soon as it is off-centered by more than one tube diameter. 1958 Proc. Inst. Electr. Engin. CV. b. Suppl. No. 8. 355/1 Few radars are capable of off-centring the display by any appreciable amount. 1973 Sci. Amer. Dec. 87/2 When Copernicus introduced his heliocentric arrangement, the earth became one of the family of planets revolving in off-centered circles around the sun. |