eccentricity (redirected from eccentricities)

ec·cen·tric·i·ty  (ksn-trs-t)

n. pl. ec·cen·tric·i·ties

1.

a. The quality of being eccentric.

b. Deviation from the normal, expected, or established.

2. An example or instance of eccentric behavior.

3. Physics The distance between the center of an eccentric and its axis.

4. Mathematics The ratio of the distance of any point on a conic section from a focus to its distance from the corresponding directrix. This ratio is constant for any particular conic section.

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eccentricity

Noun

1. unconventional or odd behaviour

2. pl -ties an unconventional or odd habit or act

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eccentricity  (ksn-trs-t)

1. A measure of the deviation of an elliptical path, especially an orbit, from a perfect circle. It is equal to the ratio of the distance between the foci of the ellipse to the length of the major axis of the ellipse (the distance between the two points farthest apart on the ellipse). Eccentricity ranges from zero (for a perfect circle) to values approaching 1 (highly elongated ellipses).

2. The ratio of the distance of any point on a conic section from a focus to its distance from the corresponding directrix. This ratio is constant for any particular conic section.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	eccentricity - strange and unconventional behavior strangeness, unfamiliarity - unusualness as a consequence of not being well known oddity, oddness - eccentricity that is not easily explained
	2.	eccentricity - (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" geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
	3.	eccentricity - a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path circularity, disk shape - the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure concentricity - the quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another)

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eccentricity

noun 1. oddity, peculiarity, strangeness, irregularity, weirdness, singularity, oddness, waywardness, nonconformity, capriciousness, unconventionality, queerness (informal) bizarreness, whimsicality, freakishness, outlandishness

2. foible, anomaly, abnormality, quirk, oddity, aberration, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy