Eccentricity

Meaning

Noun

●

The quality of being

or

; any

behaviour.

●

In Mathematics:

The

,

for any particular

, of the

of a point from the focus to its

from the directrix.

●

In Astronomy:

The

of the

(usually an

)

by the

of a given

around a

(such as that of a

around the sun).

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Origin

eccentricity

English

-ity

English

-ité

French

-ité

Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

-ete

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

eccentric

English

eccentricus

Latin

ἔκκεντρος

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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