Definitions of Eccentricity [ˌɛk sənˈtrɪs ɪ ti, ˌɛk sɛn-]

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Definition of 'Eccentricity'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) eccentricity
an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct.

2.  eccentricity
the quality of being eccentric.

3.  eccentricity
the amount by which something is eccentric.

4.  eccentricity
a mathematical 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.

Etymology: (1545–55; < ML)

Definition of 'Eccentricity'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) eccentricity
strange and unconventional behavior

2. (noun) 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
"a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity"

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

Definition of 'Eccentricity'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) eccentricity
the state of being eccentric, or sth that makes you eccentric
my grandfather's eccentricity; His love of shiny red objects was one of his eccentricities.

Definition of 'Eccentricity'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Eccentricity
the state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity

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

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

Translation of 'Eccentricity'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: oddness of behaviour or an example of this.
Afrikaans: eksentrisiteit	Arabic: شُذوذ، غَرابَةُ الأطْوار	Bulgarian: чудатост
Brazilian: excentricidade	Czech: výstřednost	German: die Wunderlichkeit
Danish: excentricitet	Greek: εκκεντρικότητα	Spanish: excentricidad
Estonian: iseärasus	Farsi: خیره سری؛ غیرعادی بودن	Finnish: eriskummallisuus
French: excentricité	Hebrew: תִמהוֹנִיוּת	Hindi: सनक
Croatian: ekscentričnost	Hungarian: különcség	Indonesian: keanehan
Icelandic: sérviska	Italian: eccentricità	Japanese: 風変わり
Korean: 정도를 벗어난 행위, 기행(奇行)	Lithuanian: ekscentriškumas	Latvian: ekscentricitāte
Malay: keanehan	Dutch: excentriciteit	Norwegian: eksentrisitet, særhet
Polish: ekscentryczność	Persian: خیره سری؛ غیرعادی بودن	Pashto: ګوښه ګيرى، بېلوالى
Portuguese: excentricidade	Romanian: excentricitate	Russian: эксцентричность
Slovak: výstrednosť	Slovenian: čudaštvo	Serbian: ekscentričnost
Swedish: exentricitet	Thai: ความประหลาด; ความผิดปกติ	Turkish: tuhaflık
Taiwanese: 古怪	Ukrainian: оригінальність, ексцентри	Urdu: انوکھا برتاؤ یا سلوک
Vietnamese: tính lập dị	Chinese: 古怪
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