Eccentricity - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌeksenˈtrɪsətɪ|
Brit.
|ˌeksenˈtrɪsɪtɪ|
noun
- strange and unconventional behavior
- (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
- (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
a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity
- a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular pathExtra examples
Some people weren't very tolerant of his eccentricity.
Talking to her plants is one of her many eccentricities.
Kate's mother had a reputation for eccentricity.
I found his eccentricities amusing rather than irritating.
What in some persons is called eccentricity, in others would be called insanity.
England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists
Word forms
noun
singular: eccentricity
plural: eccentricities
singular: eccentricity
plural: eccentricities
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