Eccentricity (Noun)
Meaning 1
A circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 2
Strange and unconventional behavior.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- Her family's eccentricity was notorious in the neighborhood, with their ritual of wearing pajamas to dinner every Friday night.
- His boss had to accept his eccentricity of working in a standing position, as long as he met his deadlines.
- The artist's use of unconventional materials was just one example of her celebrated eccentricity, which had made her a cult figure.
- The old man's eccentricity had become the talk of the town, with his habit of talking to animals and claiming they responded to him.
- The designer's latest fashion collection was a reflection of her eccentricity, featuring garments with unusual shapes and colors.
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Meaning 3
(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".
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Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.