ec|cen|tric|i|ty

ec|cen|tric|i|ty
ec|cen|tric|i|ty «EHK sehn TRIHS uh tee», noun, plural -ties.
1. something out of the ordinary; oddity; peculiarity: »

One of his eccentricities was touching every lamppost he passed.

SYNONYM(S): irregularity, whimsicality.
2. eccentric condition; being unusual or out of the ordinary: »

The clock's eccentricity became noticeable when it struck three, whatever the hour.

3. Astronomy. the amount of deviation of the orbit of a planet from a perfect circle: »

Eccentricity is a numerical relation defining the shape of an ellipse (Bernhard, Bennett and Rice).

4. the length of the back-and-forth stroke of an eccentric.
5. Mathematics. the ratio of the focal distance of any point in the curve of a conic section to the distance from the directrix.

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