Eccentricity

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Etymology

From Greek εκκεντρικός ekkentrikos, from εκ- ek "from" + κεντρικός kentrikos "of the center, central"

Noun

Singular Eccentricity

Plural eccentricities

Eccentricity (eccentricities)

1. The quality of being eccentric; any eccentric behaviour.
2. (mathematics) The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix

Translations

the quality of being eccentric

Czech: výstřednost cs(cs) f. Greek: εκκεντρικότητα el(el) (ekkentrikótita) m.

Portuguese: excentricidade pt(pt) f. Swedish: excentricitet sv(sv) c.

eccentric behaviour

Greek: εκκεντρικότητα el(el) (ekkentrikótita) m. Portuguese: excentricidade pt(pt) f.

Swedish: excentricitet sv(sv) c.

a ratio between distances in a conic section

Dutch: excentriciteit nl(nl) f. French: excentricité fr(fr) f. German: Exzentrizität de(de) f.

Polish: ekscentryczność pl(pl) f. Swedish: excentricitet sv(sv) c.

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