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Eccentric

Adjective

Definitionen

1.AdjectiveNot at or in the centre; away from the centre.
2.AdjectiveNot 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."
3.AdjectiveHaving a different center; not concentric.
4.AdjectiveDeviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.
5.AdjectiveAgainst 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).
6.AdjectiveHaving different goals or motives.
7.AdjectiveHaving 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.
8.NounOne who does not behave like others.
9.NounA kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.
10.NounA circle not having the same centre as another.
11.NounA disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
12.NounAn exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle.
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