Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - eccentric
Eccentric
eccentric
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
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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. deviating from an established or usual pattern or style , deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways , 2. deviating from a circular path, located elsewhere than at the geometrical center, see: strange ~ally adverb II. noun Date: 1827 a mechanical device consisting of an ~ disk communicating its motion to a rod so as to produce reciprocating motion, an ~ person ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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