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noun
- A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
- One who does not behave like others.
- (slang) a kook
Translations: - German: Exzentriker , Exzentrikerin
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adjective
- Not at or in the centre.
- Not perfectly circular
- an eccentric or elliptical orbit
- Having a different center.
- Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently.
- "He has become really eccentric over the years."
- (physiology) (of a motion) against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle. (E.g. flexion of the lower arm while flexing the tricep; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter). (Antonym: Concentric)
Translations: - German: exzentrisch
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(trans-top, (physiology) (of a motion) against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle)
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Etymology: From Latin eccentricus, literally out of centre, from Greek: ekkentros, not having the same centre.
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