Sekirov Dictionary

eccentric

/ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/

adjective 7
noun 5
forms 3

adjective7

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Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.
- Strikingly, we see that party births tend systematically to be at policy positions that are significantly more eccentric than those of surviving parties, whatever decision rule these parties use. — 2011
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(figurative) Of a person, deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.
- He was a man of a most eccentric turn of mind, and great singularity of conduct. — 1801
Having a different center; not concentric.
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Having or being an oospore with a single large oil globule on one side that displaces much of the ooplasm and forces the ooplasts to one side.
- Oospores may be centric, subcentric, subeccentric or eccentric. Antheridial branches may or may not be present, and are androgynous, monoclinous, diclinous or hypogynous. — 2014
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Not perfectly circular; elliptical.
- As of 2008, Margaret had the most eccentric orbit of any moon in the solar system, though Nereid's mean eccentricity is greater.
Of a motion, against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
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(figurative) Having different goals or motives.
- […] for whatsoever affairs pass such a man's hands he crooketh them to his own ends, which must needs be often eccentric to those of his master or state: […] — 1626

noun5

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One who does not behave like others.
- A tiny, feisty woman who always spoke her mind, Charlotte was an eccentric in the wonderful way that some women from the last century were natural eccentrics. — 1989
A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.
A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
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An exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle.
- Research tells us that eccentrics, heavy partials, and static exercise may require several days or weeks of recovery time. — 2021
A circle not having the same centre as another.

forms

eccentrics · more eccentric · most eccentric

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