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εκκεντρικότητα — meaning in English

ekkedrikotita

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English meaning

  • aberration noun Something that departs noticeably from what is normal, expected, or typical.
  • eccentricity noun The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.
  • kink noun A tight twist or bend in something that is normally straight, such as hair, rope, or wire.

Senses

εκκεντρικότητα is used for these senses in English:

  • aberration A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character. [Early 19th century.]

aberration — full definition

  1. noun Something that departs noticeably from what is normal, expected, or typical.
  2. noun (optics) A defect in a lens or mirror that prevents light from focusing perfectly.

eccentricity — full definition

  1. noun The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.
  2. noun The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.
  3. noun The eccentricity of the conic section (usually an ellipse) defined by the orbit of a given object around a reference object (such as that of a planet around the sun).
  4. noun The farthest distance from a vertex to any other vertex.

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