Eccentricity

[,eksen'trɪsɪtɪ] or [,ɛksɛn'trɪsəti]

Definition

(noun.) strange and unconventional behavior.

(noun.) a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path.

(noun.) (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis; 'a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity'.

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Definition

(n.) The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.

(n.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.

(n.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.

(n.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Irregularity, peculiarity, oddness, oddity, singularity, waywardness, strangeness, aberration.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.

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