eccentricity

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.
2. (countable, uncountable) The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.
3. (countable, uncountable) The eccentricity of the conic section (usually an ellipse) defined by the orbit of a given object around a reference object (such as that of a planet around the sun).
4. (countable, uncountable) The farthest distance from a vertex to any other vertex.

Synonyms

oddity

irregularity

crankiness

strangeness

obstinacy

quirk

craziness

peculiarity

extravagance

bigotry

singularity

oddness

whimsicality

kink

kinkiness

flightiness

offsetting

originality

quirkiness

stubbornness

throw

unusual

unusualness

vagary

weirdness

excentricity

decentration

runout

faddiness

off-centering

malalignment

linear eccentricity

pixilation

eccentric center

degree of eccentricity

eccentricity ratio

eccentric distance

aberration

offsetting distance

abnormal

abnormality

anomalies

anomalous

anomaly

bias

craze

distortion

fad

foible

folly

Translations

excentricité

Exzentrizität

eccentricità

εκκεντρικότητα

excentricidade

excentricidad

excentricitat

excentriciteit

εκκεντρότητα

Ausmittigkeit

stravaganza

originalité

Überspanntheit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɛk.sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/

Etymology

From eccentric + -ity.