eccentricity
The quality of being eccentric or oddThe quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.
» It's better to ignore his eccentricities.
Es ist besser, seine Kapriolen nicht zu beachten.
Лучше игнорировать его эксцентричность.
Лучше не обращать внимания на его эксцентричность.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.
exzentrisches Verhalten
эксцентри́чностьekscentríčnostʹ
(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
(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).
(countable, uncountable)The farthest distance from a vertex to any other vertex.
Examples
9 sentencesIt's better to ignore his eccentricities.
ruЛучше игнорировать его эксцентричность. — amanshi
deEs ist besser, seine Kapriolen nicht zu beachten. — BRW
You shouldn't worry about his eccentricities.
Not all eccentricity is mental illness.
We all have our own eccentricities.
You shouldn't pay any attention to his eccentricities.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Latin eccentricitās. By surface analysis, eccentric + -ity.Borrowed from Latin eccentricitās. By surface analysis, eccentric + -ity.
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Forms
plural: eccentricities| Singular | eccentricity |
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Antonyms
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