eccentricity

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Synonyms: excentricity, centricity, egocentricity, bicentricity

Antonyms: excentricity, centricity, egocentricity, bicentricity

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Noun

1. The quality of being [[eccentric]] or [[odd]]; any eccentric [[behaviour]].
2. {{lb|en|geometry}} The [[ratio]], [[constant]] for any particular [[conic section]], of the [[distance]] of a [[point]] from the [[focus]] to its distance from the [[directrix]].
3. {{lb|en|astronomy}} 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. {{lb|en|graph theory}} The farthest distance from a [[vertex]] to any other vertex.

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