ECCENTRICITY
\ˌɛksɪntɹˈɪsɪti], \ˌɛksɪntɹˈɪsɪti], \ˌɛ_k_s_ɪ_n_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of ECCENTRICITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(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"
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a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path
By Princeton University
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(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"
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a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
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The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
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The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.
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The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.
By Oddity Software
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The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
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The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
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The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.
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The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The distance of the centre of a planet's orbit from the centre of the sun: singularity of conduct: oddness.
By Daniel Lyons
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The state, quality, or degree of being eccentric; oddity; singularity; an eccentric, odd, or capricious act.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Deviation from a centre; the state of having a centre different from that of another circle; the distance of the centre of a planet's orbit from the centre of the sun departure or deviation from that which is stated, regular, or usual; singularity of conduct.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The being odd or singular; deviation from a centre; the distance of the centre of a planet's orbit from the centre of the sun.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Deviation from a centre; —state of having a centre different from that of another circle; — distance of the centre of a planet’s orbit from the centre of the sun; —deviation from custom or established method ; irregularity; singularity; oddity; whimsicality.
