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Meaning of 'eccentricity' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Eccentricity [ n.]
- The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
- The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
- 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.
- The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.

Meaning of 'eccentricity' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . eccentricity [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (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
Example in sentence:
  • a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity

Nearby Words:

eccaleobion ecce homo eccentric eccentrical eccentrically eccentricities ecchymose ecchymoses ecchymosis ecchymotic

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