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eccentric
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[ɛkˈsɛntrɪk], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange
(e.g: he noted her eccentric appearance)
- not placed centrally or not having its axis or other part placed centrally
(e.g: a servo driving an eccentric cam)
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Origin
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late Middle English (as a noun denoting a circle or orbit not having the earth precisely at its centre): via late Latin from Greek ekkentros, from ek ‘out of’ + kentron ‘centre’
[ɛkˈsɛntrɪk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behaviour
(e.g: he's seen as a local eccentric)
- a disc or wheel mounted eccentrically on a revolving shaft in order to transform rotation into backward-and-forward motion, e.g. a cam in an internal combustion engine
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Origin
:
late Middle English (as a noun denoting a circle or orbit not having the earth precisely at its centre): via late Latin from Greek ekkentros, from ek ‘out of’ + kentron ‘centre’
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