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Meaning Of Eccentricity
n.
The state of being eccentric; deviation from the
customary line of conduct; oddity.
n.
The ratio of the distance between the center and the
focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
n.
The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit
of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves
to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.
n.
The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of
an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.