eccentric
deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct;an eccentric person.
Geometry. not having the same center; not concentric: used especially of two circles or spheres at least one of which contains the centers of both.
(of an axis, axle, etc.) not situated in the center.
Machinery. having the axis or support away from the center: an eccentric wheel.
Astronomy. deviating from a circular form, as an elliptic orbit.
a person who has an unusual, peculiar, or odd personality, set of beliefs, or behavior pattern.
something that is unusual, peculiar, or odd.
Machinery. a device for converting circular motion into rectilinear motion, consisting of a disk fixed somewhat off-center to a revolving shaft, and working freely in a surrounding collar (eccentric strap ), to which a rod (eccentric rod ) is attached.
Origin of eccentric
1- Also especially British, ex·cen·tric .
Other words for eccentric
Opposites for eccentric
Other words from eccentric
- ec·cen·tri·cal, adjective
- ec·cen·tri·cal·ly, adverb
- non·ec·cen·tric, adjective
- non·ec·cen·tri·cal·ly, adverb
- un·ec·cen·tric, adjective
- un·ec·cen·tri·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use eccentric in a sentence
We frequently find excentric fixation with a visual acuteness of 1/12 to 1/36.
Schweigger on Squint | C. SchweiggerIf for any reason the earth had to be placed out of the centre, the main planetary orbit was called an Excentric, and so on.
Pioneers of Science | Oliver LodgeThe best is called, after its inventor, the “Lon Sazie,” and has three blunt points of hardened steel each slightly excentric.
The last feature of the segmentation cavity which deserves notice is its excentric position.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourValve lanceolate, with produced or rostrate apices; pseudo-nodule wide, excentric.
The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity | Charles Sumner Boyer
British Dictionary definitions for eccentric
/ (ɪkˈsɛntrɪk) /
deviating or departing from convention, esp in a bizarre manner; irregular or odd
situated away from the centre or the axis
not having a common centre: eccentric circles Compare concentric
not precisely circular
a person who deviates from normal forms of behaviour, esp in a bizarre manner
a device for converting rotary motion to reciprocating motion
Origin of eccentric
1Derived forms of eccentric
- eccentrically, adverb
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