📖 Definitions of "Eccentric"
noun
- 1
One who does not behave like others.
- 2
A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.
- 3
A circle not having the same centre as another.
- 4
A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
adjective
- 1
Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.
- 2
Not perfectly circular; elliptical.
"As of 2008, Margaret had the most eccentric orbit of any moon in the solar system, though Nereid's mean eccentricity is greater."
- 3
Having a different center; not concentric.
- 4
(of a person) Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.
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