Monday, July 09, 2012

What is Eccentric?

eccentric
adj
1. Departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern, strange.
2. Deviating from a circular form or path, as in an elliptical orbit.
3.
a. Not situated at or in the geometric center.
b. Having the axis located elsewhere than at the geometric center.

n
1. One that deviates markedly from an established norm, especially a person of odd or unconventional behavior.
2. Physics A disk or wheel having its axis of revolution displaced from its center so that it is capable of imparting reciprocating motion.


Source: The Free Dictionary

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