eccentricity
- (countable, uncountable) The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.
- (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.
- (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).
- (countable, uncountable) The farthest distance from a vertex to any other vertex.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɛk.sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/
Etymology
From eccentric + -ity.
off-centering
linear eccentricity
eccentric center
degree of eccentricity
eccentricity ratio
eccentric distance
offsetting distance
excentricité
Exzentrizität
eccentricità
εκκεντρικότητα
excentricidade
excentricidad
excentricitat
excentriciteit εκκεντρότητα Ausmittigkeit mimośród
ekscentryczność
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