Eccentricities
Translation- Eccentricities
- 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Math.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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