Definition of Eccentrecity
Ec`cen*tric"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Eccentricities (#). [Cf. F.
excentricité.] 1. The state of
being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct;
oddity.
2. (Math.) The ratio of the distance
between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its
semi-transverse axis.
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ
it to accentuate their incapacity.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
English
- Strangeness; a notable removal from what is considered to be normal or typical.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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