Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Eccentricity \Ec`cen*tric"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Eccentricities}. [Cf.
F. excentricit['e].]
1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary
line of conduct; oddity.
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2. (Math.) The ratio of the distance between the center and
the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its
semi-transverse axis.
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3. (Astron.) 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.
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4. (Mech.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as
of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the
throw.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eccentricity
n 1: strange and unconventional behavior
2: (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: a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a
circular path [ant: {concentricity}]
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