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eccentricity
(encz) | eccentricity,excentricita n: Zdeněk Brož |
eccentricity
(encz) | eccentricity,nezvyklost n: Zdeněk Brož |
eccentricity
(encz) | eccentricity,výstřednost n: Zdeněk Brož |
eccentricity
(encz) | eccentricity,zvláštnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Eccentricity
(gcide) | Eccentricity \Ec`cen*tric"i*ty\, n.; pl. Eccentricities. [Cf.
F. excentricit['e].]
1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary
line of conduct; oddity.
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2. (Math.) 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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3. (Astron.) 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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4. (Mech.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as
of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the
throw.
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eccentricity
(wn) | eccentricity
n 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 [ant: concentricity] |
eccentricity
(devil) | ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ
it to accentuate their incapacity.
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Eccentricity
(gcide) | Eccentricity \Ec`cen*tric"i*ty\, n.; pl. Eccentricities. [Cf.
F. excentricit['e].]
1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary
line of conduct; oddity.
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2. (Math.) 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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3. (Astron.) 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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4. (Mech.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as
of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the
throw.
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