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eccentric

[ ik-sen-trik, ek- ]

adjective

  1. deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd:

    eccentric conduct;

    an eccentric person.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms: , , , ,

  2. Geometry. not having the same center; not concentric: used especially of two circles or spheres at least one of which contains the centers of both.
  3. (of an axis, axle, etc.) not situated in the center.
  4. Machinery. having the axis or support away from the center:

    an eccentric wheel.

  5. Astronomy. deviating from a circular form, as an elliptic orbit.


noun

  1. a person who has an unusual, peculiar, or odd personality, set of beliefs, or behavior pattern.
  2. something that is unusual, peculiar, or odd.
  3. Machinery. a device for converting circular motion into rectilinear motion, consisting of a disk fixed somewhat off-center to a revolving shaft, and working freely in a surrounding collar 别肠肠别苍顎僼谤颈肠顎俿迟谤补辫顎, to which a rod 别肠肠别苍顎僼谤颈肠顎俽辞诲顎 is attached.

eccentric

/ 瑟办藞蝉蓻苍迟谤瑟办 /

adjective

  1. deviating or departing from convention, esp in a bizarre manner; irregular or odd
  2. situated away from the centre or the axis
  3. not having a common centre Compare concentric

    eccentric circles

  4. not precisely circular
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who deviates from normal forms of behaviour, esp in a bizarre manner
  2. a device for converting rotary motion to reciprocating motion
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 别肠藞肠别苍迟谤颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 别肠路肠别苍顎僼谤颈路肠补濒 adjective
  • 别肠路肠别苍顎僼谤颈路肠补濒路ly adverb
  • 苍辞苍顎卐肠路肠别苍顎僼谤颈肠 adjective
  • non顎叡鸪β烦Ρ鸩灶僼谤颈路肠补濒路ly adverb
  • 耻苍顎卐肠路肠别苍顎僼谤颈肠 adjective
  • un顎叡鸪β烦Ρ鸩灶僼谤颈路肠补濒路ly adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of eccentric1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; from Medieval Latin eccentricus, from Greek 茅办办别苍迟谤(辞蝉) 鈥渙ut of center鈥 ( ec-, center ) + Latin -icus -ic
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of eccentric1

C16: from Medieval Latin eccentricus, from Greek ekkentros out of centre, from ek- ex- 1+ kentron centre
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Here, he鈥檚 done that in the most Cronenbergian of ways, honing in on eccentric characters who feel their emotions with their entire bodies.

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Conan Doyle: creator of Sherlock Holmes and by extension all subsequent super sleuths with an eccentric character, eagle eye for detail, encyclopedic knowledge of unexpectedly useful trivia and the brain of a UNIVAC.

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For a good while, the breezy chuckles in 鈥淪acramento鈥 stem from the eccentric clash of priorities and temperaments of a certain kind of limbo male whose sociability skills have soured.

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In 鈥淕atz,鈥 the novel鈥檚 narrative texture was conveyed through zany approximation 鈥 the troupe finding Fitzgerald not by effacing itself but by embracing its eccentric difference.

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鈥淭he 鈥楪odfather of freak folk鈥 was for a prolific half-century the purveyor of an eccentric genius and compassionate wit.

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