eccentric /ek-senˈtrik/

1. (of behaviour, etc) odd or unconventional
2. Unusual, departing from the norm
3. Not positioned centrally
4. With the axis to one side, not at the centre
5. (of superimposed circles) not concentric, not having the same centre
6. (of an orbit) not circular

1. An eccentric person
2. A circle not having the same centre as another
3. A device for taking an alternating rectilinear motion from a revolving shaft (mechanics)

eccenˈtrical adjective (archaic)

eccenˈtrically adverb

eccentricity /-sən-trisˈ/ noun

1. The condition of being eccentric
2. Peculiarity of behaviour
3. Oddness
4. In a conic section, the constant ratio of the distance of a point on the curve from the focus to its distance from the directrix (usu represented by e; geometry)
5. Deviation from a circular orbit, etc
6. A measure of the extent of such deviation

• laevorotatory
• laevulose
• laevuloses
• Laffer curve
• lag
• lagan
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• lagena
• lagenas
• lag-end
• lag-ends
• lageniform
• lager
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• lager beers
• lager lout
• lager loutery
• lager louts
• lagerphone
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• lagers
• laggard
• laggardly
• laggardness
• laggards