eccentricity
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Is eccentricity a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (geometry) The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.Examples: "For an ellipse, the eccentricity is the ratio of the distance from the center to a focus divided by the length of the semi-major axis."countableuncountable
2. (astronomy) The eccentricity of the conic section (usually an ellipse) defined by the orbit of a given object around a reference object (such as that of a planet around the sun).countableuncountable
3. (graph theory) The farthest distance from a vertex to any other vertex.countableuncountable
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