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Definition of Eccentricity

1. Noun. Strange and unconventional behavior.

2. Noun. (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. A circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path.

Definition of Eccentricity

1. n. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.

Definition of Eccentricity

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Medical Definition of Eccentricity

1. Origin: Cf. F. Excentricite. 1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity. 2. The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis. 3. 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. The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eccentricity

Ecballium elaterium ecbole ecboles ecbolic ecbolic ecbolics ecboline ECBO virus ECC ecce

eccentric eccentric eccentrically eccentricities eccentricity (current term) eccentricity (current term) eccentrics eccentric amputation eccentric fixation eccentric hypertrophy

eccentric implantation eccentric occlusion eccentric person eccentric position eccentric relation eccentrochondroplasia eccentropiesis ecce homo ecchondroma ecchondrosis

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