Eccentricity

Definition:

  • (n.) The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
  • (n.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
  • (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.
  • (n.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.

Compare eccentricity with other words:

eccentricity vs. excentricity

eccentricity vs. quirk

eccentricity vs. vagary

eccentricity vs. lateral

eccentricity vs. weirdness

directrix vs. eccentricity

eccentricity vs. focus

eccentricity vs. point

distance vs. eccentricity

constant vs. eccentricity

eccentricity vs. ratio

behaviour vs. eccentricity

eccentricity vs. peculiarity

eccentricity vs. idiosyncrasy

diameter vs. eccentricity

eccentric vs. eccentricity

concentricity vs. eccentricity

affectation vs. eccentricity