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eccentricity

noun

strange and unconventional behavior

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Word Facts

Word length
12
Starts with
E
Ends with
Y
Contains
CC
Scrabble score
21
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˌɛk.sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. strange and unconventional behavior

noun

  1. a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path

noun

  1. (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

    “a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity”

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Example Sentences

a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity
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