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Word: Eccentric
Speech Type: Noun
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’
ɪkˈsɛntrɪk
ɛkˈsɛntrɪk
a person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behaviour
Short Definition:eccentric person
Examples:- 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.
Short Definition:part mounted eccentrically on revolving shaft
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