noun (plural -ties) Date: 1545 1. the quality or state of being eccentric, deviation from an established pattern or norm, 2. a mathematical constant that for a given conic section is the ratio of the distances from any point of the conic section to a focus and the corresponding directrix, the ~ of an astronomical orbit used as a measure of its deviation from circularity
ECCENTRICITY
Meaning of ECCENTRICITY in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012