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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eccentric /ɪkˈsɛntrɪk, ɛk-/
▶adjective
- 1 unconventional and slightly strange.
- 2 technical not placed centrally or not having its axis placed centrally.
■ (of an orbit) not circular, especially to a marked degree.
- 1 an eccentric person.
- 2 a cam or other part mounted eccentrically on a revolving shaft in order to transform rotation into backward-and-forward motion.
– derivatives
eccentrically adverb,
eccentricity noun (pl. eccentricities).
eccentrically adverb,
eccentricity noun (pl. eccentricities).
– origin ME: via late L. from Gk ekkentros, from ek ‘out of’ + kentron ‘centre’.
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