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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ec•cen•tric /ɪkˈsɛntrɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - departing from accepted or customary character;
unconventional;
peculiar;
odd;
strange:eccentric behavior.
n. [countable] - an eccentric person.
ec•cen•tri•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ec•cen•tric (ik sen′trik, ek-),USA pronunciation adj. - deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.;
irregular;
erratic;
peculiar;
odd:eccentric conduct; an eccentric person. - Mathematics[Geom.]not having the same center;
not concentric: used esp. of two circles or spheres at least one of which contains the centers of both. - (of an axis, axle, etc.) not situated in the center.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]having the axis or support away from the center:an eccentric wheel.
- Astronomydeviating from a circular form, as an elliptic orbit.
n. - a person who has an unusual, peculiar, or odd personality, set of beliefs, or behavior pattern.
- something that is unusual, peculiar, or odd.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]a device for converting circular motion into rectilinear motion, consisting of a disk fixed somewhat off-center to a revolving shaft, and working freely in a surrounding collar (eccen′tric strap′,) to which a rod (eccen′tric rod′) is attached.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] excentric. - Greek ékkentr(os) out of center (see ec-, center) + Latin -icus -ic
- Medieval Latin eccentricus
- 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged strange, weird, bizarre.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged normal, regular, ordinary, customary, conventional.
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