| NOUN | attribute | eccentricity | strange and unconventional behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| shape | eccentricity | (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section | |
| attribute | eccentricity | a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path |
| Sounds | eh.ksahntrih'sahtiy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | strange and unconventional behavior. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | oddity, oddness | eccentricity that is not easily explained |
| Broader | unfamiliarity, strangeness | unusualness as a consequence of not being well known |
| Spanish | excentricidad | |
| Catalan | excentricitat | |
| Adjectives | eccentric | conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual |
| Meaning | (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 | "a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity" | |
| Category | geometry | The pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces |
| Broader | ratio | The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) |
| Spanish | excentricidad | |
| Catalan | excentricitat | |
| Adjectives | eccentric | not having a common center |
| Meaning | A circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | circularity, disk shape | The roundness of a 2-dimensional figure |
| Opposite | concentricity | The quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another) |
| Adjectives | eccentric | not having a common center |
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