7. eccentric something that is unusual, peculiar, or odd.
8. eccentric a device for converting rotary motion to reciprocating motion, consisting of a disk with an off-center axis of revolution.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < ML eccentricus < Gk ékkentr(os) having an eccentric orbit )
Definition of 'Eccentric'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek a person with an unusual or odd personality
2. (adj)character, eccentric, type, case a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
3. (adj)bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"
4. (adj)eccentric, nonconcentric not having a common center; not concentric "eccentric circles"
1. (adjective)eccentric strange or unusual; = unconventional an eccentric old man; eccentric ideas
Definition of 'Eccentric'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Eccentric deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion
2. (adj)Eccentric not having the same center; -- said of circles, ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same center; -- opposed to concentric
3. (adj)Eccentric pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod in a steam engine
4. (adj)Eccentric not coincident as to motive or end
5. (adj)Eccentric deviating from stated methods, usual practice, or established forms or laws; deviating from an appointed sphere or way; departing from the usual course; irregular; anomalous; odd; as, eccentric conduct
6. (noun)Eccentric a circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first
7. (noun)Eccentric one who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an anomalous or irregularperson or thing
8. (noun)Eccentric in the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circularorbit of a planet about the earth, but with the earth not in its center
10. (noun)Eccentric a disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank having the samethrow
Definitions of Eccentric 
Afrikaans: eksentrieke
Arabic: غَريبُ الأطْوار
Bulgarian: чудат
Brazilian: excêntrico
Czech: výstřední
German: wunderlich, exzentrisch
Danish: excentrisk; underlig
Greek: εκκεντρικός
Spanish: excéntrico
Estonian: iseäralik
Farsi: نامتعارف؛ گستاخانه
Finnish: omalaatuinen
French: excentrique
Hebrew: תִמהוֹנִי
Hindi: उत्केन्द्रीय, अनियमित, सन
Croatian: ekscentričan
Hungarian: különc(ködő)
Indonesian: eksentrik
Icelandic: sérvitur
Italian: eccentrico
Japanese: 風変わりな
Korean: 엉뚱한
Lithuanian: ekscentriškas
Latvian: ekscentrisks; dīvains
Malay: aneh laku
Dutch: zonderling
Norwegian: eksentrisk, sær
Polish: ekscentryczny, przesadny
Persian: نامتعارف؛ گستاخانه
Pashto: څنډې ته كېدونكى، له مر كز
Portuguese: excêntrico
Romanian: excentric
Russian: эксцентричный
Slovak: výstredný
Slovenian: čudaški
Serbian: ekscentričan
Swedish: excentrisk, originell
Thai: ผิดปกติ; ประหลาด; เบี้ยว;
Turkish: tuhaf, eksantrik
Taiwanese: 古怪的
Ukrainian: чудернацький, дивацький
Urdu: انوکھا ، سنکی
Vietnamese: lập dị
Chinese: 古怪的
