Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - eccentric
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Eccentric
eccentric
~1 adj 1 behaving or appearing in a way that is unusual and different from most people (students dressed in eccentric clothing | an eccentric old woman) 2 technical eccentric circles do not have the same centre point (- compare concentric) - eccentrically adv ~2 n someone who behaves in a way that is different from what is usual or socially accepted (I was regarded as something of an eccentric.)
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(eccentrics) If you say that someone is eccentric, you mean that they behave in a strange way, and have habits or opinions that are different from those of most people. He is an eccentric character who likes wearing a beret and dark glasses. = odd ADJ • An eccentric is an eccentric person. On first impressions it would be easy to dismiss Duke as an eccentric. N-COUNT • eccentrically ...painters, eccentrically dressed and already half drunk. ADV ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin ~us, from Greek ekkentros, from ex out of + kentron center Date: circa 1630 1. a. deviating from an established or usual pattern or style ~ products b. deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways an ~ millionaire 2. a. deviating from a circular path; especially elliptical 1 an ~ orbit b. located elsewhere than at the geometrical center; also having the axis or support so located an ~ wheel Synonyms: see strange • ~ally adverb II. noun Date: 1827 1. a mechanical device consisting of an ~ disk communicating its motion to a rod so as to produce reciprocating motion 2. an ~ person ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 odd or capricious in behaviour or appearance; whimsical. 2 a not placed, not having its axis etc. placed centrally. b (often foll. by to) (of a circle) not concentric (to another). c (of an orbit) not circular. --n. 1 an eccentric person. 2 Mech. an eccentric contrivance for changing rotatory into backward-and-forward motion, e.g. the cam used in an internal-combustion engine. Derivatives eccentrically adv. eccentricity n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: LL eccentricus f. Gk ekkentros f. ek out of + kentros CENTRE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) эксцентрик эксцентриковый; эксцентрический 2) внецентровый - backward eccentric - back eccentric - control eccentric - cutoff eccentric - distributing eccentric - expansion eccentric - feed adjuster eccentric - follower eccentric - fore eccentric - forward eccentric - fuel pump eccentric - rear eccentric - slipping eccentric ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1) внецентренный 2) кулачковый тангенциальный 3) нецентрированный 4) разноцентренный 5) эксцентрик 6) эксцентриковый 7) эксцентрический 8) эксцентричный 9) экцентриковый eccentric angle of an ellipse — угол составленный радиусом-вертором с большой осью эллипса eccentric circles of an ellipse — окружности, описанные из центра эллипса радиусами, равными большой и малой полуосям - eccentric angle - eccentric anomaly - eccentric cam - eccentric clamp - eccentric configuration - eccentric disk - eccentric drive - eccentric feeder - eccentric grip - eccentric impact - eccentric mouth - eccentric pump - forward eccentric - reverse eccentric - variable eccentric ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. чудак, оригинал, странный человек 2. тех. эксцентрик, кулак, кулачок 3. эксцентричный, чудаковатый, странный, эксцентрический; экстравагантный eccentric behaviour —- странное поведение; чудачество an eccentric man —- чудак; оригинал 4. спец. эксцентричный, внецентренный eccentric motion —- планетарное движение eccentric position —- положение вне центра ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) эксцентричный; странный 2) geom.; tech. эксцентрический; эксцентриковый; нецентральный (напр., об ударе) - eccentric rod 2. noun 1) эксцентричный человек; оригинал, чудак 2) tech. эксцентрик, кулак ECCENTRIC rod эксцентриковая тяга ...Англо-русский словарь
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- early 15c. as a term in Ptolemaic astronomy, from M.L. eccentricus, from Gk. ekkentros "out of the center," from ek "out" + kentron "center." Originally mathematical, figurative sense of "odd, whimsical" (adj.) first recorded c.1630. Noun meaning person with such qualities first attested 1832. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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