| eccentricity | Origin: Cf. F. Excentricite. 1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity. 2. <mathematics> The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis. 3. <astronomy> The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit. 4. <mechanics> The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| angle of eccentricity | <ophthalmology> In strabismus, the angle between the line of fixation and the line of normal foveal fixation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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