[ɛkˈsɛntrɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange
(e.g: he noted her eccentric appearance)

- not placed centrally or not having its axis or other part placed centrally
(e.g: a servo driving an eccentric cam)


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Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun denoting a circle or orbit not having the earth precisely at its centre): via late Latin from Greek ekkentros, from ek ‘out of’ + kentron ‘centre’

[ɛkˈsɛntrɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behaviour
(e.g: he's seen as a local eccentric)

- a disc or wheel mounted eccentrically on a revolving shaft in order to transform rotation into backward-and-forward motion, e.g. a cam in an internal combustion engine


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun denoting a circle or orbit not having the earth precisely at its centre): via late Latin from Greek ekkentros, from ek ‘out of’ + kentron ‘centre’