Word Finder - eccentric

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One who does not behave like others.

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A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.

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A circle not having the same centre as another.

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A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.

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Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.

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Not perfectly circular; elliptical.

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As of 2008, Margaret had the most eccentric orbit of any moon in the solar system, though Nereid's mean eccentricity is greater.

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Having a different center; not concentric.

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(of a person) Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.

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(of a motion) Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (e.g., 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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Having different goals or motives.

It does sound a little eccentric, doesn't it?

You also worked with another eccentric genius.

He was certainly mysterious, even a little eccentric, but... what did she know about the business?

Its eccentric orbit makes it take on a variable role in history.

Once settled into his parish, his ideas regarding Druidry became increasingly eccentric.

The TV theme was recorded in a wonderfully eccentric studio, which looked like a throwback to the 60s.

These are certainly eccentric straps!

Her outfits are an amusingly eccentric mix of colors, patterns, and textures.

Barnabas and 2 Clement are more eccentric, but the writers must have been persons of some note.

An eccentric may be made capable of having its eccentricity altered by means of an adjusting screw, so as to vary the extent of the reciprocating motion which it communicates.

In each was a piano, the eccentric master of the whole being fond of music as the recreation of his literary hours.

When the velocity ratio is variable, the line of contact will shift its position in the plane C1OC2, and the wheels will be cones, with eccentric or irregular bases.

In the eccentric phase, your muscles are lengthening.

Even the following pope, Benedict XII., a man of the strictest morality, failed, in spite of his mild and pacific disposition, to adjust the conflict with Louis of Bavaria and the eccentric Fraticelli.

Whilst in Spain, I worked on a new film about an eccentric vicar.

His practical common sense recoiled from the amazing conclusions which were drawn from it by many of its more eccentric advocates.

He shared fully in the eccentric family pride; and boasted of his brother's genius even when bitterly opposing him.

Orkney police said they were concerned over the disappearance of an eccentric loner living rough on Hoy.

The 5th Duke was an eccentric recluse, who shunned visitors.

The Betsey Johnson leopard duffle is just one in a long line of products offered by this eccentric handbag label.

The Fendi Spy Bag carries with it a more outrageous legend than the Chanel quilted 2.55 model, as the Spy Bag continues to evolve from season to season into more eccentric and garishly fashionable styles.

Normally patient, taciturn ox can sometimes turn eccentric and short-tempered.

He was a man of great originality, and numerous stories were told of his striking sayings and eccentric conduct.

Organic food has gone from being seen as a slightly cranky obsession of an eccentric few and touched the mainstream.

I am not forgetful, just a wee bit eccentric.

The eccentric sheaves have also been fitted to the driving wheel axle.

Therefore, adding eccentric training to your routine is like squeezing in an extra workout.

There are a number of ways to perform an eccentric isotonic exercise program.

D. has conducted several studies on concentric and eccentric muscle actions.

The show is hosted by Tom Arnold and features some truly eccentric weddings.

In addition to showing off some of the most magnificent houses in California, viewers are treated to a front row seat for watching the ego clashes and high drama interactions of the often eccentric agents.

Like I said, Russie's mother was always strange, but after Dad died, she really became eccentric.

Wilton, the New South Wales Magazine (1833), the New South Wales Literary, Political and Commercial Advertiser (1835), edited by the eccentric Dr Lhotsky, Tegg's Monthly Magazine (1836), the Australian Magazine (1838), the New South Wales Magazine (1843), the Australian Penny Journal (1848) and many others.

Most of the orbits are remarkably eccentric ellipses, the average eccentricity being about 0.5.

This term, which our growing knowledge, especially of the Syriac and other Eastern versions, is rendering more and more unsatisfactory, stands for a text which used to be connected almost exclusively with the " eccentric " Codex Bezae, and is comparable to a Targum on an Old Testament book.

The wing is really eccentric in its nature, a remark which applies also to the rowing feathers of the bird's wing.

The tip and posterior parts of the wing are more active than the root and anterior parts, from the fact that the tip and posterior parts (the wing is an eccentric) always travel through greater spaces, in a given time, than the root and anterior parts.

His aunt, Miss Mary Moody Emerson, a brilliant old maid, an eccentric saint, was a potent factor in his education.

There is some doubt on the point; but a contemporary and intimate friend, Luca Pacioli, speaks of his "ineffable left hand"; all the best of his drawings are shaded downward from left to right, which would be the readiest way for a left-handed man; and his habitual eccentric practice of writing from right to left is much more likely to have been due to natural left-handedness than to any desire of mystery or concealment.

The pulley is secured to the shaft by conical keys, to give a frictional grip on both the shaft and the pulley; these keys may have their exterior surfaces eccentric to the shaft, with corresponding recesses in the nave, so that the pulley and keys virtually form one piece.

A spur pinion D, gearing with both wheels, is carried loosely upon an eccentric E forming part of the central pin, so that when this latter is turned by the hand-wheel F and chain G the axis of the pinion describes a circle the diameter of which equals the throw of the eccentric, and a small relative motion of the two sheaves takes place, depending on the number of the teeth of the annular wheels.

This was the eccentric Reginald Pecock of Chichester, who, while setting himself to confute Lollard controversialists, lapsed into heresy by setting reason above authority.

Nevertheless the judgment of history declares that this brilliant exploit was entirely eccentric, and could only in indirect ways subserve theological study.

In spite of what may be deemed eccentric in this standpoint, Schleiermacher's summary is full of interest.

It would be absurd, however, to dismiss all the legislative work of the Convention as merely partisan or eccentric. Much of it was enlightened and skilful, the product of the best minds in the assembly.

The angle cp is termed the eccentric angle, and is geometrically represented as the angle between the axis of x (the major axis of the ellipse) and the radius of a point on the auxiliary circle which has the same abscissa as the point on the ellipse.

I mean, a pretty young girl living alone with an eccentric bachelor - and what about Russ?

She obliged with a smile and was polite enough not to question his eccentric dialing pattern and cutting the connection twice before letting it ring.

Obviously you thought it was a little eccentric, though, or you wouldn't assume he would see it that way.

With eccentric contraction, the muscle fibers lengthen to lower the weight.