| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. An alternative spelling for "Excentrical": One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center.[Websters]
2. Being eccentric, kinky, cranky, erratic or offbeat. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being strange, quaint, odd, curious or weird. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being particular or separate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being outlying or remote. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being extravagant.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXCENTRIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1905. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EXCENTRIC
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Geology | To one side; off-center. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: EXCENTRIC
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Excentric (adj.) | Environment | Not placed in the center; refers most often to the nucleus of an operculum. (references) | |
| Excentric gear | Transportation | Toothed wheel which rotates about a point other than its geometrical centre. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Excentric load | Physics | A type of loading perpendicular to the cross-section of a body but not through its centroid. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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