'Eccentricity' definitions:
Definition of 'eccentricity'
From: WordNet
noun
Strange and unconventional behavior
noun
(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"
noun
A circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path [ant: concentricity]
Definition of 'Eccentricity'
From: GCIDE
- Eccentricity \Ec`cen*tric"i*ty\, n.; pl. Eccentricities. [Cf. F. excentricit['e].]
- 1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Math.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Astron.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mech.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'eccentricity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrance,
- aberrancy,
- aberration,
- abnormality,
- abnormity,
- absurdity,
- absurdness,
- amorphism,
- animus,
- anomalism,
- anomalousness,
- anomaly,
- aptitude,
- arrhythmia,
- asininity,
- battiness,
- bent,
- bias,
- bizarreness,
- bizarrerie,
- brainlessness,
- brokenness,
- buffoonery,
- capriciousness,
- cast,
- character,
- choppiness,
- clownishness,
- constitution,
- crackpottedness,
- crankiness,
- craziness,
- daffiness,
- derangement,
- desipience,
- desultoriness,
- deviability,
- deviation,
- diathesis,
- difference,
- disconnectedness,
- discontinuity,
- disposition,
- divergence,
- drollery,
- drollness,
- erraticism,
- erraticness,
- fatuity,
- fatuousness,
- fibrillation,
- fickleness,
- fitfulness,
- fits and starts,
- flightiness,
- fluctuation,
- folly,
- foolery,
- foolheadedness,
- foolishness,
- freakishness,
- frivolity,
- frivolousness,
- funniness,
- giddiness,
- goofiness,
- grain,
- heteromorphism,
- hilarity,
- humorousness,
- idiocy,
- idiosyncrasy,
- imbecility,
- impulsiveness,
- inanity,
- inclination,
- incongruity,
- inconsistency,
- inconstancy,
- individualism,
- ineptitude,
- inferiority,
- insanity,
- instability,
- intermittence,
- irregularity,
- jerkiness,
- kidney,
- laughability,
- leaning,
- ludicrousness,
- lunacy,
- madness,
- make,
- makeup,
- mental set,
- mercuriality,
- mettle,
- mind,
- mind-set,
- mindlessness,
- mold,
- monstrosity,
- moodiness,
- nature,
- niaiserie,
- nonuniformity,
- nugacity,
- nuttiness,
- patchiness,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- preference,
- pricelessness,
- proclivity,
- propensity,
- quaintness,
- queerness,
- quizzicalness,
- restlessness,
- richness,
- ridiculousness,
- roughness,
- sappiness,
- screwiness,
- senselessness,
- set,
- shiftiness,
- silliness,
- slant,
- spasticity,
- sporadicity,
- sporadicness,
- spottiness,
- stagger,
- stamp,
- strain,
- streak,
- stripe,
- stupidity,
- subnormality,
- superiority,
- temper,
- temperament,
- tendency,
- teratism,
- the funny side,
- thoughtlessness,
- triflingness,
- triviality,
- turn,
- turn of mind,
- twist,
- type,
- uncertainty,
- undependability,
- unevenness,
- unfixedness,
- unmethodicalness,
- unnaturalism,
- unnaturalness,
- unpredictability,
- unreliability,
- unsettledness,
- unstableness,
- unsteadfastness,
- unsteadiness,
- unsystematicness,
- variability,
- variation,
- variety,
- wackiness,
- wantonness,
- warp,
- waywardness,
- weirdness,
- whimsicality,
- whimsicalness,
- witlessness,
- wittiness,
- wobble,
- zaniness,
- zanyism