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eccentricity

ec·cent·ri·city

US/ˌɛk.sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/ uncommon

noun

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(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

  • “a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity”
3.

a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin eccentricitās. By surface analysis, eccentric + -ity.

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