Eccentricity
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'''Eccentricity''' may refer to:
* [[Eccentricity (behavior)]], unusual or odd behavior on the part of a person, as opposed to being "normal"
* [[Eccentricity (mathematics)]], a parameter associated with every conic section
* [[Eccentricity vector]]
* [[Eccentricity (graph theory)]] of a vertex in a graph
* [[Muscle contraction#Eccentric contraction|Eccentric contraction]], lengthening of muscle fibers
* [[Eccentric (mechanism)]], a wheel that rotates on an axle that is displaced from the focus of the circle described by the wheel
* Eccentric position of a [[surveying]] tripod to be able to measure hidden points
* [[Orbital eccentricity]], in astrodynamics, calculated from orbital state vectors as an absolute value of eccentricity vector or using other methods based on orbital energy and angular momentum.
* [[Eccentric anomaly]], the angle between the direction of [[periapsis]] and the current position of an object on its orbit.
* Eccentric (astronomy), a type of [[deferent]], a circle or sphere used in obsolete astronomical systems to carry a planet around the Earth or Sun.
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