Eccentricity 10256 213672479 2008-05-20T10:20:54Z Portalian 4047298 {{wiktionary}} '''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. {{disambig}} [[als:Exzentrizität]] [[da:Excentricitet]] [[de:Exzentrizität]] [[fr:Excentricité]] [[it:Eccentricità]] [[he:אקסצנטריות]] [[nl:Excentriek]] [[nds:Exzentrizität (Mehrdüdig Begreep)]] [[pt:Excentricidade]] [[ro:Excentricitate]] [[th:ความเยื้องศูนย์กลาง]] [[tr:Dışmerkezlik]]