ECCENTRICALLY
Ec*cen"tric*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an eccentric manner.
Drove eccentrically here and there. Lew Wallace.
ECCENTRICITY Ec`cen*tric"i*ty, n.; pl. Eccentricities. Etym: [Cf. F. excentricité.]
1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
2. (Math.)
Defn: The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
3. (Astron.)
Defn: The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.
4. (Mech.)
Defn: The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.