eccentricity

Noun
  1. Strange and unconventional behavior (synset 104806130)
    is a type of: strangeness, unfamiliarity - unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
    subtypes: oddity, oddness - eccentricity that is not easily explained
  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 (synset 113899768)
    "a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity"
    referred to in: geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
    is a type of: ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
  3. A circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path (synset 105081057)
    is a type of: circularity, disk shape - the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure

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