Dictionary Check: eccentricity
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Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
strange and unconventional behavior
noun
(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
Example:
"a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity"
noun
a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path
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