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Definition of eccentricity



Overview of noun eccentricity

The noun eccentricity has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) eccentricity

(strange and unconventional behavior)

2. eccentricity

((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. eccentricity

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