English-Thai Dictionary

eccentricity

N ความ ประหลาด ผิดปกติ  kwam-pra-lard-pid-pok-ti

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ECCENTRICITY

n.Deviation from a center. 1. The state of having a center different from that of another circle.
2. In astronomy, the distance of the center of a planet's orbit from the center of the sun; that is, the distance between the center of an ellipsis and its focus.
3. Departure or deviation from that which is stated, regular or usual; as the eccentricity of a man's genius or conduct.
4. Excursion from the proper sphere.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ECCENTRICITY

Ec `cen *tric "i *ty, n.; pl. Eccentricities. Etym: [Cf. F.excentricité. ]

 

1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.

 

2. (Math. )

 

Defn: The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.

 

3. (Astron.)

 

Defn: The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.

 

4. (Mech. )

 

Defn: The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

eccentricity

ec cen tric i ty |ˌeksenˈtrisitē ˌɛkˌsɛnˈtrɪsədi | ▶noun ( pl. eccentricities ) 1 the quality of being eccentric. • (usu. eccentricities ) an eccentric act, habit, or thing: her eccentricities were amusing rather than irritating. 2 technical deviation of a curve or orbit from circularity. • a measure of the extent of such deviation: Halley's Comet has an eccentricity of about 0.9675.

 

Oxford Dictionary

eccentricity

eccentricity |ˌɛksɛnˈtrɪsɪti | ▶noun ( pl. eccentricities ) [ mass noun ] 1 the quality of being eccentric. • [ count noun ] (usu. eccentricities ) an eccentric act or habit: her eccentricities were amusing rather than irritating. 2 technical deviation of a curve or orbit from circularity. • [ count noun ] a measure of the extent of deviation from circularity: Halley's Comet has an eccentricity of about 0.9675.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

eccentricity

eccentricity noun Sidney's eccentricity was more charming than alarming: unconventionality, singularity, oddness, strangeness, weirdness, quirkiness, freakishness; peculiarity, foible, idiosyncrasy, caprice, whimsy, quirk; informal nuttiness, screwiness, freakiness, kookiness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

eccentricity

eccentricity noun a charming example of English eccentricity: unconventionality, unorthodoxy, singularity, oddness, queerness, strangeness, weirdness, bizarreness, quirkiness, freakishness, extraordinariness; peculiarity, irregularity, abnormality, anomaly, foible, idiosyncrasy, caprice, whimsy, quirk; informal nuttiness, dottiness, screwiness, freakiness, wackiness, crankiness, zaniness; N. Amer. informal kookiness. ANTONYMS conventionality.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

eccentricity

ec cen tric i ty /èksentrɪ́səti /名詞 複 -ties 1 U ｟否定的に ｠(行動 習慣 意見などの )普通ではないこと, 異常, 奇妙さ, 風変わりなこと .2 C 〖通例 -ties 〗奇行, 奇癖, 風変わりな癖 [行動 ].