eccentricity
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From Greek εκκεντρικός ekkentrikos, from εκ- ek "from" + κεντρικός kentrikos "of the center, central"
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eccentricity (plural eccentricities)
- The quality of being eccentric; any eccentric behaviour.
- (mathematics) The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix
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the quality of being eccentric
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eccentric behaviour
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a ratio between distances in a conic section
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