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Defenition of the word eccentricity

    • Defenition of the word eccentricity

      • An oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct, or the quality of being eccentric.
      • The distance between the centers of two cylindrical objects one of which surrounds the other.
      • Geometry: measure of the deviation of a conic section from circular shape.
      • strange and unconventional behavior
      • a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path
      • (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"
      • (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

    Synonyms for the word eccentricity

      • foible
      • funny habit
      • idiosyncrasy
      • odd behavior
      • oddity
      • peculiarity
      • quirk
      • strangeness
      • unconventional behavior
      • weirdness

    Similar words in the eccentricity

      • eccentricity
      • eccentricity's

    Hyponyms for the word eccentricity

      • oddity
      • oddness

    Hypernyms for the word eccentricity

      • circularity
      • disk shape
      • ratio
      • strangeness
      • unfamiliarity

    Antonyms for the word eccentricity

      • concentricity

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