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Eccentricity

Eccentricity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Eccentricity? [n] strange and unconventional behavior [n] a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path [n] (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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Eccentricity: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Eccentricity: aberrance \| aberrancy \| aberration \| abnormality \| abnormity \| absurdity \| absurdness \| amorphism \| animus \| anomalism \| anomalousness \| anomaly \| aptitude \| arrhythmia \| asininity \| battiness \| bent \| bias \| bizarreness \| bizarrerie \| brainlessness \| brokenness \| buffoonery \| capriciousness \| cast \| character \| choppiness \| clownishness \| constitution \| crackpottedness \| crankiness \| craziness \| daffiness \| derangement \| desipience \| desultoriness \| deviability \| deviation \| diathesis \| difference \| disconnectedness \| discontinuity \| disposition \| divergence \| drollery \| drollness \| erraticism \| erraticness \| fatuity \| fatuousness \| fibrillation \| fickleness \| fitfulness \| fits and starts \| flightiness \| fluctuation \| folly \| foolery \| foolheadedness \| foolishness \| freakishness \| frivolity \| frivolousness \| funniness \| giddiness \| goofiness \| grain \| heteromorphism \| hilarity \| humorousness \| idiocy \| idiosyncrasy \| imbecility \| impulsiveness \| inanity \| inclination \| incongruity \| inconsistency \| inconstancy \| individualism \| ineptitude \| inferiority \| insanity \| instability \| intermittence \| irregularity \| jerkiness \| kidney \| laughability \| leaning \| ludicrousness \| lunacy \| madness \| make \| makeup \| mental set \| mercuriality \| mettle \| mind \| mindlessness \| mind-set \| mold \| monstrosity \| moodiness \| nature \| niaiserie \| nonuniformity \| nugacity \| nuttiness \| patchiness \| predilection \| predisposition \| preference \| pricelessness \| proclivity \| propensity \| quaintness \| queerness \| quizzicalness \| restlessness \| richness \| ridiculousness \| roughness \| sappiness \| screwiness \| senselessness \| set \| shiftiness \| silliness \| slant \| spasticity \| sporadicity \| sporadicness \| spottiness \| stagger \| stamp \| strain \| streak \| stripe \| stupidity \| subnormality \| superiority \| temper \| temperament \| tendency \| teratism \| the funny side \| thoughtlessness \| triflingness \| triviality \| turn \| turn of mind \| twist \| type \| uncertainty \| undependability \| unevenness \| unfixedness \| unmethodicalness \| unnaturalism \| unnaturalness \| unpredictability \| unreliability \| unsettledness \| unstableness \| unsteadfastness \| unsteadiness \| unsystematicness \| variability \| variation \| variety \| wackiness \| wantonness \| warp \| waywardness \| weirdness \| whimsicality \| whimsicalness \| witlessness \| wittiness \| wobble \| zaniness \| zanyism See Also \| circularity \| disk shape \| oddity \| oddness \| ratio \| strangeness \| unfamiliarity Eccentricity In Webster's Dictionary \Ec`centric"ity\, n.; pl. {Eccentricities}. [Cf. F. excentricit['e].] 1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity. 2. (Math.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis. 3. (Astron.) 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. 4. (Mech.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.

Eccentricity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Eccentricity?

[n] strange and unconventional behavior
[n] a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path
[n] (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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Eccentricity:

Eccentricity In Webster's Dictionary

\Ec`cen*tric"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Eccentricities}. [Cf.
F. excentricit['e].]
1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary
   line of conduct; oddity.

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

3. (Astron.) 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.

4. (Mech.) 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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