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Definitions for Eccentricity
[1] an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct: an interesting man, known for his eccentricities.
[2] the quality of being eccentric.
[3] the amount by which something is eccentric.
[4] Machinery . the distance between the centers of two cylindrical objects one of which surrounds the other, as between an eccentric and the shaft on which it is mounted.
[5] Mathematics . a constant expressed as the ratio of the distance from a point on a conic to a focus and the distance from the point to the directrix.
[6] unconventional or irregular behaviour
[7] deviation from a circular path or orbit
[8] a measure of the noncircularity of an elliptical orbit, the distance between the foci divided by the length of the major axis
[9] 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)
[10] 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
Words related to Eccentricity
peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, foible, quirk, weirdness, abnormality, strangeness, oddity, nonconformity, aberration, kink, irregularity, caprice, anomaly, singularity, oddness, queerness, unconventionality, whimsicality, capriciousness
Words nearby Eccentricity
ecce homo, ecce signum, eccentric, eccentric hypertrophy, eccentric occlusion, eccentricity, eccentrochondroplasia, ecchi, ecchondroma, ecchymoma, ecchymosed
Origin of Eccentricity
1545–55; < Medieval Latin eccentricitās, equivalent to eccentric- (see eccentric) + -itās -ity
Synonyms for Eccentricity
foible, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, quirk, weirdness, aberration, abnormality, anomaly, caprice, capriciousness, freakishness, irregularity, kink, nonconformity, oddity, oddness, outlandishness, queerness, singularity, strangeness, unconventionality, whimsicality, hereticism, idiocrasy, unorthodoxness, waywardness, whimsicalness