| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun eccentricity.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (eccentricity) | 1. Strange and unconventional behavior.[Wordnet]. 2. (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis; "a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity".[Wordnet]. 3. A circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path.[Wordnet]. 4. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.[Websters]. 5. The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.[Websters]. 6. The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.[Websters]. 7. The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.[Websters]. | |
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Date "ECCENTRICITIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1785. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ECCENTRICITIES
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Health | Oddness of behavior or conduct without insanity. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: eccentricity
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Eccentricity (behavior) | In popular usage, eccentricity refers to unusual or odd behavior on the part of a person, as opposed to being normal. Eccentric behavior is often considered whimsical or quirky, although it can also be strange and disturbing. American millionaire Howard Hughes, for example, was considered to be very eccentric in his old age, when he stored his urine in glass jars and never cut his hair or nails. Other people may have eccentric taste in clothes, or have eccentric hobbies or collections. (references) | ||
| Eccentricity (mathematics) | It is also called the first eccentricity when necessary to distinguish it from the second eccentricity, e, which is sometimes used for algebraic convenience. (references) | ||
| Eccentricity (orbit) | In astrodynamics, under standard assumptions any orbit must be of conic section shape. The eccentricity of this conic section, the orbit's eccentricity, is an important parameter of the orbit that defines its absolute shape. Eccentricity may be interpreted as a measure of how much this shape deviates from a circle. (references) | ||
| Eccentricity vector | In astrodynamics the eccentricity vector of a conic section orbit is the vector pointing towards the periapsis and with length equal to the orbit's scalar eccentricity. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: eccentricity
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Cladding eccentricity | Business | See ovality. (references) | |
| Core eccentricity | Business | Synonym concentricity error. See ovality. (references) | |
| Core-to-cladding eccentricity | Business | Synonym concentricity error. (references) | |
| Eccentricity (a.k.a. ecce or E0 or e) | Space | One of six Keplerian elements, it describes the shape of an orbit. In the Keplerian orbit model, the satellite orbit is an ellipse, with eccentricity defining the "shape" of the ellipse. When e=0, the ellipse is a circle. When e is very near 1, the ellipse is very long and skinny. (references) | |
| Eccentricity correction | Environment | The correction that must be applied to an observation made from an eccentric setup (reduction to center) or to an eccentric signal to compensate for eccentricity. See REDUCTION TO CENTER and SWING. (references) | |
| Orbital eccentricity | Meteorology & Standards | The long-period comets with periods approaching one million years and -- near a value of 1. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: eccentricity | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Eccentricity | 41 | Angular eccentricity | 21 | |
| Eccentricity (mathematics) | 22 | Eccentricity | 41 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | 21 | Eccentricity (behavior) | 11 | |
| Angular eccentricity | 21 | Eccentricity (mathematics) | 22 | |
| Eccentricity (behavior) | 11 | Eccentricity vector | 5 | |
| Eccentricity vector | 5 | Horizontal eccentricity | 3 | |
| Horizontal eccentricity | 3 | Orbital eccentricity | 21 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
