Definition of Eccentricities

1. Noun. (plural of eccentricity) ¹

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Definition of Eccentricities

1. eccentricity [n] - See also: eccentricity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eccentricities

eccenteric
eccentric
eccentric amputation
eccentric contraction
eccentric contractions
eccentric fixation
eccentric hypertrophy
eccentric implantation
eccentric occlusion
eccentric person
eccentric position
eccentric relation
eccentrical
eccentrically
eccentricate
eccentricities (current term)
eccentricity
eccentrick
eccentrics
eccentrochondroplasia
eccentropiesis
ecchondroma
ecchondrosis
ecchondrotome
ecchordosis physaliformis
ecchymoma
ecchymose
ecchymosed
ecchymoses

Literary usage of Eccentricities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Elementary Treatise on Conic Sections by Charles Smith (1893)
"If however the curve be an hyperbola, a and b have different signs and both eccentricities are real. In any conic, if el and e2 be the two eccentricities, ..."

2. An Introduction to Astronomy by Forest Ray Moulton (1916)
"The eccentricities of the Planetary Orbits. — The orbits of the original planetesimals probably had a considerable range of eccentricities. ..."

3. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... the eccentricities of the Revolution exceeded his own. After leaving the café, when they repaired to the Hôtel de Ville to learn the news, ..."

4. A Treatise on Astronomy by John Frederick William Herschel (1851)
"... secular Variations of the eccentricities and Perihelia—Motion of the lunar Apsides—Lagrange's Theorem of the Stability of the eccentricities—Nutation of ..."

5. Mathematical Theories of Planetary Motions by Otto Franz Dziobeck, Otto Dziobek, Mark Walrod Harrington, William Joseph Hussey (1892)
"If the eccentricities and inclinations are very small, the neglected terms are also very small, as compared with those not neglected. At the same time, ..."

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