 eccentricity |
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| 1. | [ noun ] strange and unconventional behavior | |
| Related terms: | unfamiliarity oddity | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (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 | |
| Examples: | "a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity" |
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| Related terms: | ratio geometry | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (geometry) a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path | |
| Related terms: | concentricity circularity | |
| Similar spelling: |
eccentric |
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