Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eccentricity

/ˌɛk.sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: ec-cen-tric-i-ty
IPA: /ˌɛk.sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The eccentricity of the conic section (usually an ellipse) defined by the orbit of a given object around a reference object (such as that of a planet around the sun).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The farthest distance from a vertex to any other vertex.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited."
"For an ellipse, the eccentricity is the ratio of the distance from the center to a focus divided by the length of the semi-major axis."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin eccentricitās. By surface analysis, eccentric + -ity.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɛk.sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/

Usage

Inflected Forms

eccentricities (plural)

Rhymes With

electricity publicity simplicity toxicity felicity specificity elasticity complicity domesticity analyticity

Questions

How do you pronounce eccentricity?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛk.sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/.
What does eccentricity mean?: The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.
Where does eccentricity come from?: Borrowed from Latin eccentricitās. By surface analysis, eccentric + -ity.

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