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1 a: the quality or state of being eccentric b: deviation from an established pattern or norm
; especially : odd or whimsical behavior2 a: a mathematical constant that for a given conic section is the ratio of the distances from any point of the conic section to a focus and the corresponding directrix b: the eccentricity of an astronomical orbit used as a measure of its deviation from circularity
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