eccentricity

1. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.

   exzentrisches Verhalten

   эксцентри́чностьekscentríčnostʹ

2. (countable, uncountable)The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.

   For an ellipse, the eccentricity is the ratio of the distance from the center to a focus divided by the length of the semi-major axis.

   Exzentrizität

   эксцентрисите́тekscentrisitét

   (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

3. (countable, uncountable)The eccentricity of the conic section (usually an ellipse) defined by the orbit of a given object around a reference object (such as that of a planet around the sun).

4. (countable, uncountable)The farthest distance from a vertex to any other vertex.

1. It's better to ignore his eccentricities.

   ruЛучше игнорировать его эксцентричность.

   deEs ist besser, seine Kapriolen nicht zu beachten.

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2. You shouldn't worry about his eccentricities.

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3. Not all eccentricity is mental illness.

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4. We all have our own eccentricities.

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5. You shouldn't pay any attention to his eccentricities.

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