"eccentricity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɛk.sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/ [US], [ˌɛk.sənˈtɹɪs.ə.ɾi] [US] Audio: En-us-eccentricity.ogg Forms: eccentricities [plural]
Etymology: From eccentric + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|eccentric|ity}} eccentric + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} eccentricity (countable and uncountable, plural eccentricities)
  1. The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Orbits Translations (eccentric behaviour): ексцентричност (ekscentričnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), excentricitat [feminine] (Catalan), eksentrismi (Finnish), excentricité [feminine] (French), exzentrisches Verhalten [neuter] (German), εκκεντρικότητα (ekkentrikótita) [masculine] (Greek), eccentricità [feminine] (Italian), ekscentryczność [feminine] (Polish), ekscentryzm [masculine] (Polish), excentricidade [feminine] (Portuguese), excentricitate [feminine] (Romanian), excentricidad [feminine] (Spanish), excentricitet [common-gender] (Swedish), acayiplik (Turkish), ayrıksılık (Turkish) Translations (the quality of being eccentric): ексцентричност (ekscentričnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), excentricitat [feminine] (Catalan), výstřednost [feminine] (Czech), excentricitet [common-gender] (Danish), eksentrisyys (Finnish), excentricité [feminine] (French), εκκεντρικότητα (ekkentrikótita) [masculine] (Greek), sérviska (Icelandic), eccentricità [feminine] (Italian), eksentrisitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), eksentrisitet [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ekscentryczność [feminine] (Polish), excentricidade [feminine] (Portuguese), excentricitate [feminine] (Romanian), эксцентри́чность (ekscentríčnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), excentricidad [feminine] (Spanish), excentricitet [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. (mathematics) The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-eccentricity-en-noun-WSSRoRsm Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (astronomy) The eccentricity of the conic section (usually an ellipse) defined by the orbit of a given object around a reference object (such as that of a planet around the sun). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-eccentricity-en-noun-HJt24o0m Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  4. (graph theory) The farthest distance from a vertex to any other vertex. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Graph theory
    Sense id: en-eccentricity-en-noun-oghcy1xe Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (a ratio between distances in a conic section): excentricitat [feminine] (Catalan), excentriciteit [feminine] (Dutch), eksentrisyys (Finnish), epäkeskisyys (Finnish), excentricité [feminine] (French), Exzentrizität [feminine] (German), excentricitás (Hungarian), éalárnacht [feminine] (Irish), eccentricità [feminine] (Italian), eksentrisitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), eksentrisitet [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ekscentryczność [feminine] (Polish), mimośród [masculine] (Polish), excentricitate [feminine] (Romanian), эксцентрисите́т (ekscentrisitét) [masculine] (Russian), excentricidad [feminine] (Spanish), excentricitet [common-gender] (Swedish), eksantriklik (Turkish), eksantrisite (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'a ratio between distances in a conic section': 3 48 45 3

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