Word
Eccentric
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
ec-cen-tric
Definition
- a. - Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line
of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to
deviation from the center or from true circular motion.
- a. - Not having the same center; -- said of circles,
ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole or
in part, as to area or volume, have not the same center; -- opposed to
concentric.
- a. - Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod in a
steam engine.
- a. - Not coincident as to motive or end.
- a. - Deviating from stated methods, usual practice, or
established forms or laws; deviating from an appointed sphere or way;
departing from the usual course; irregular; anomalous; odd; as,
eccentric conduct.
- n. - A circle not having the same center as another contained
in some measure within the first.
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