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eccentricity (iou)



eccentricity noun. In sense 1 also excentricity. M16.
[from ECCENTRIC + -ITY.]
The quality of being abnormally centred or of not being concentric. M16.
b. Deviation of a curve, orbit, etc., from circularity; the extent of such deviation (for an ellipse, equal to the distance between the foci divided by the length of the major axis). L17.
c. Distance from the centre. E-M19.
The quality or habit of deviating from what is usual or customary; oddity, whimsicality; an instance of eccentric behaviour, etc. L17.
E. Waugh Mrs M's latest eccentricity is to put bricks in the lavatory cisterns to save water. H. Acton She was able to laugh at his foibles with a secret admiration for the vigorous eccentricity of his character.