eccentric
IPA: ɪksˈɛntrɪk
noun
- One who does not behave like others.
- (slang) A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.
- (geometry) A circle not having the same centre as another.
- (engineering) A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
- (physiology) An exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle.
adjective
- Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.
- Not perfectly circular; elliptical.
- Having a different center; not concentric.
- (of a person) Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.
- (physiology, of a motion) Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
- Having different goals or motives.
- (mycology) Having or being an oospore with a single large oil globule on one side that displaces much of the ooplasm and forces the ooplasts to one side.
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Examples of "eccentric" in Sentences
- The man is notorious for his eccentricity.
- Eccentricity is in the eyes of the beholder.
- Some of the eccentric menagerie refuse to talk.
- He is portrayed as a cynical, eccentric hedonist.
- This constant is the eccentricity of the hyperbola.
- Apologies for the slightly eccentric nature of the request.
- It is sometimes attributed to the eccentricities of the selectors.
- The inertia circle is the eccentricity in the ellipse shaped orbit.
- The formula on this page incorporates the eccentricity of the orbit.
- As for the eccentricity, the data NASA puts on the web is unreliable.