Meaning of Eccentric | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who does not behave like others.
2. A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.
   slang
3. A circle not having the same centre as another.
4. A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
5. An exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle.

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Examples

“A tiny, feisty woman who always spoke her mind, Charlotte was an eccentric in the wonderful way that some women from the last century were natural eccentrics.”

“Eccentrics live longer, happier, and healthier lives than conformist normal citizens, according to the neuropsychologist David Weeks.”

“The position of the eccentrics which is necessary to make the pistons drive the engine forward must be directly the reverse of that which would cause them to drive the engine backwards. To be able, therefore, to reverse the motion of the engine, it would only be necessary to be able to reverse the position of the eccentrics, which may be accomplished by either of two expedients.”

“Clavius goes on to use the large number of orbs in Fracostoro's theory as another reason to prefer the Ptolemaic system, then couples this issue with that of the relative capacity of the theories to save the phenomena, then finally reiterates the lack (as he sees it) of conflict between the Aristotelian natural philosophy and the eccentrics and epicycles of mathematical astronomy.”

“The discussion that revolved around the admissibility of eccentrics and epicycles lied^([sic]) at the core of this theoretical discussion, and those who would not allow such concepts took the position that such eccentrics and epicycles would then introduce a center of heaviness, other than the Earth, around which celestial simple objects would then move.”

“Research tells us that eccentrics, heavy partials, and static exercise may require several days or weeks of recovery time.”

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