What is the meaning of eccentricity?

noun

  • Strange and unconventional behavior.
  • 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. (
    • usage: "a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity"
  • A circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path. .
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