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English noun: eccentricity

1. eccentricity (attribute) strange and unconventional behavior


Broader (hypernym)strangeness, unfamiliarity


Narrower (hyponym)oddity, oddness

2. eccentricity (shape) (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


SamplesA circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity.


Broader (hypernym)ratio


Domain categorygeometry

3. eccentricity (attribute) a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path


Broader (hypernym)circularity, disk shape


Antonymsconcentricity









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