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Eccentricity

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Noun

1. eccentricity

strange and unconventional behavior

2. eccentricity

(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

Example Sentences:
'a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity'

3. eccentricity

a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Eccentricity

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noun plural -ties
1. 
unconventional or irregular behaviour
2. 
deviation from a circular path or orbit
3. 
a measure of the noncircularity of an elliptical orbit, the distance between the foci divided by the length of the major axis
4. geometry
a number that expresses the shape of a conic section: the ratio of the distance of a point on the curve from a fixed point (the focus) to the distance of the point from a fixed line (the directrix)
5. 
the degree of displacement of the geometric centre of a rotating part from the true centre, esp of the axis of rotation of a wheel or shaft

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Eccentricity

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nounWord forms: plural ˌeccenˈtricities
1. 
the state, quality, or amount of being eccentric
2. 
a. 
deviation from what is ordinary or customary, as in conduct or manner; oddity; unconventionality
b. 
an eccentric trait or habit; peculiarity
3.  Ancient Mathematics
the ratio of the distances from any point of a conic section to the focus and to the directrix: the value of this ratio determines the type of conic section (zero = circle, between zero and one = ellipse, one = parabola, more than one = hyperbola)
4.  Mechanics
the distance between the center of a shaft and the center of its eccentric wheel
sometimes, erroneously, called a throw

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Eccentricity

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n. pl. ec·cen·tric·i·ties
1.
a. The quality of being eccentric.
b. Deviation from the normal, expected, or established.
2. An example or instance of eccentric behavior.
3. Physics The distance between the center of an eccentric and its axis.
4. Mathematics The ratio of the distance of any point on a conic section from a focus to its distance from the corresponding directrix. This ratio is constant for any particular conic section.

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