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Eccentricity Common

Eccentricity has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

strange and unconventional behavior

2

(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"

3

a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path

4

The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.

Related Terms
Antonyms
concentricity
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
unfamiliarity ratio circularity
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
oddity
Rhyming Words
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