ALL meanings of eccentricity
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E e - noun eccentricity peculiar or unique character 1
- noun eccentricity quirk, peculiar feature 1
- noun plural eccentricity an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct: an interesting man, known for his eccentricities. 1
- noun plural eccentricity the quality of being eccentric. 1
- noun plural eccentricity the amount by which something is eccentric. 1
- noun plural eccentricity 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. 1
- noun plural eccentricity 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. 1
- uncountable noun eccentricity Eccentricity is unusual behaviour that other people consider strange. 0
- countable noun eccentricity Eccentricities are ways of behaving that people think are strange, or habits or opinions that are different from those of most people. 0
- noun eccentricity unconventional or irregular behaviour 0
- noun eccentricity deviation from a circular path or orbit 0
- noun eccentricity a measure of the noncircularity of an elliptical orbit, the distance between the foci divided by the length of the major axis 0
- noun eccentricity 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) 0
- noun eccentricity 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 0
- noun eccentricity the state, quality, or amount of being eccentric 0
- noun eccentricity deviation from what is ordinary or customary, as in conduct or manner; oddity; unconventionality 0
- noun eccentricity an eccentric trait or habit; peculiarity 0
- noun eccentricity 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) 0
- noun eccentricity the distance between the center of a shaft and the center of its eccentric wheel 0
- noun eccentricity Eccentricity is how far the geometric center (= the center of a rotating part and its assembly) moves from the true center (= the center the assembly tries to rotate around naturally). 0
- noun eccentricity The quality of being eccentric; any eccentric behaviour. 0
- noun eccentricity (mathematics) The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix. 0