eccentricity
pronunciation
How to pronounce eccentricity in British English:
UK [ˌeksenˈtrɪsəti]
How to pronounce eccentricity in American English:
US [ˌeksenˈtrɪsəti]
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- Noun:
- strange and unconventional behavior
- (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 circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path
Word Origin
- eccentricity (n.)
- 1540s, of planetary orbits; 1650s, of persons (an instance of eccentricity); 1794, of persons (a quality of eccentricity); from eccentric (adj.) + -ity or from Modern Latin eccentricitatem, from eccentricus. Related: Eccentricities.
Example
- 1. His only known eccentricity is a weakness for writing verse .
- 2. His undoubted eccentricity was partly a matter of personal style .
- 3. As a foretaste of its later eccentricity , hubert stuck a pyramid on the roof .
- 4. Both creativity and eccentricity may be the result of genetic variations that increase cognitive disinhibition-the brain 's failure to filter out extraneous information .
- 5. The central asian nation of turkmenistan has cemented its reputation for eccentricity with an ambitious attempt to create a vast lake in the centre of the country 's karakum desert .