Thesaurus: eccentricity

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1. n. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
2. n. The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
3. n. 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. n. The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.
5. n. strange and unconventional behavior
6. n. (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
7. n. a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path
8. 1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity. 2. (Math.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis. 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. 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.
9. The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus ofan ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
10. n:100 n. strange and unconventional behavior n. (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 n. a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path