Eccentric

What do we mean by eccentric?

Departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern. synonym: strange. adjective

Deviating from a circular form or path, as in an elliptical orbit. adjective

Not having the same center. adjective

Having the axis located elsewhere than at the geometric center. adjective

One that deviates markedly from an established norm, especially a person of odd or unconventional behavior. noun

A disk or wheel having its axis of revolution displaced from its center so that it is capable of imparting reciprocating motion. noun

Not located or situated in the center; away from the center or axis: as, in botany, lateral embryos and the stipes of some hymenomycetous fungi are said to be eccentric.

In medicine, not originating or existing in the center or central parts; due to peripheral causes: as, eccentric irritation; eccentric convulsions (that is, convulsions due to peripheral irritation).

Not coincident as regards center; specifically, in geometry, not having the same center: applied to circles and spheres which have not the same center, and consequently are not parallel: opposed to concentric, having a common center.

Not coincident as regards course or aim; tending to a different end or result; devious.

Deviating, or characterized by deviation, from recognized, stated, or usual methods or practice, or from established forms, laws, etc.; irregular; erratic; odd: as, eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.

Of or pertaining to an eccentric: as, the eccentric anomaly of a planet; the eccentric rod of a steam-engine.

In senses 3 and 6 sometimes written excentric.

In ancient astronomy, a circle having its center remote from the earth and carrying an epicycle which in its turn was supposed to carry a planet. noun

In mod. astron., a circle described about the center of an elliptical orbit, with half the major axis for radius. noun

In mech., a device for converting a regular circular motion into an irregular reciprocating rectilinear motion. noun

One who or that which is irregular or anomalous in action; a person of eccentric habits. noun

In astronomy, noting orbital motion which is not in a circle around the center of attraction; as applied to curves generally, deviating from circularity, as the ellipse and hyperbola.

A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first. noun

One who does not behave like others.

A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.

A circle not having the same centre as another.

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

An individual who does not conform to the thoughts, or beliefs of others. They tend to be considered very strange, but in reality, are more accomplished than many that follow the normal. Urban Dictionary

You're totally nuts, but you have money, so it's okay. Urban Dictionary

Billionaire Richard Branson Urban Dictionary

Someone too rich and/or famous to be a 'creepy loser'. Urban Dictionary

When someone tells you they consider themselves to be "eccentric" it just means fucked up in the head. Eccentric...just a good excuse for not having friends and fitting in. Urban Dictionary

A wild yet adventurous individual. Magnetic personality and quite curious. Uncommon. UNiQUE. Urban Dictionary

An individual or innate object which displays behaviour not of the norm in their respective systems. Urban Dictionary

As a compliment of concentration. in eccentration, one uses the peripheral vision as a " focal field ". the eccentrationist or eccentrator gazes into the distance with no fixed-point on which to focus. as such, he / she becomes aware of everything happening in the periphery and can use infinitum as the distraction...as a compliment to contraction. Urban Dictionary

Ec·cen·tric ikˈsentrik/ adjective 1. (of a person or their behavior) unconventional and slightly strange. Urban Dictionary

A person who is; Mysterious, Inane, Nonsensical, Outrageous One-side personality, all at the same time. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to eccentric:
eccentric, excentric, ecocentric, egocentric, centric, exocentric, geocentric, acentric, dicentric, eccentrics, -centric, bicentric, netcentric.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word eccentric:
contractions, eccentricity, concentric, orbit, anomaly, asteroid, millionaire, billionaire, contraction, inventor, orbital, bizarre, muscle, planets, genius, behaviour, jupiter, shaft, habits, personality, scientist, aunt, planet, odd, exercise, behavior, kilometers, collector, elderly, humor, lifestyle, diameter, rod, detective, dressed, mad, characters, strange, dress, axis, belt, wearing, soul, mansion, unusual.

Words that rhyme with eccentric:
concentric, egocentric, centric, anthropocentric, ethnocentric, geocentric, afrocentric, entrick, cement truck, sent rick, went trick.

Adjectives that are often used to describe eccentric:
intricate, double, single, shifting, odd.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective eccentric:
man, rod, character, position, loading, contraction, behavior, orbit, load, characters, fixation, orbits, genius, contractions, rods, person, exercise, nuclei, nucleus, loads, habits, behaviour, woman, hypertrophy, circle, shaft, movements, manner, figure, gentleman, lady, friend, motion, action, individual, ways, millionaire, positions, circles, strap, anomaly, movement, personality, style, training, actions, fellow, ideas, cell, individuals, phase, location, lesions, family, conduct, fashion, cam, lesion, course, father, sheave, artist, straps, views, englishman, personage, appearance, writer, pin, professor, recluse, persons, uncle, taste, wheel, mass, plaque, connections, crank, poet, manners, aunt, bachelor, flints, gear, radius.

Consonant match to eccentric:
excentric.

Words that sound like eccentric:
eccentric, excentric, eccentrics, acentric, ecocentric, eccentrically, eccentrical, egocentric, exocentric, exenterate, geocentric, accentor, acrocentric, theocentric, biocentric, exoteric, axenic, mckendrick.