Eccentric vs. Idiocentric

Eccentricadjective

Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.

Eccentricadjective

Not perfectly circular; elliptical.

Eccentricadjective

Having a different center; not concentric.

Eccentricadjective

(of a person) Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently.

Eccentricadjective

Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (e.g., such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).

Eccentricadjective

Having different goals or motives.

Eccentricnoun

One who does not behave like others.

Eccentricnoun

(slang) A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.

Eccentricnoun

(geometry) A circle not having the same centre as another.

Eccentricnoun

(engineering) A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.

Eccentricadjective

Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion.

Eccentricadjective

Not having the same center; - said of circles, ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same center; - opposed to concentric.

Eccentricadjective

Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod in a steam engine.

Eccentricadjective

Not coincident as to motive or end.

Eccentricadjective

Deviating from stated methods, usual practice, or established forms or laws; deviating from an appointed sphere or way; departing from the usual course; irregular; anomalous; odd; as, eccentric conduct.

Eccentricnoun

A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first.

Eccentricnoun

One who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an anomalous or irregular person or thing.

Eccentricnoun

In the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circular orbit of a planet about the earth, but with the earth not in its center.

Eccentricnoun

A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank having the same throw.

Eccentricnoun

a person with an unusual or odd personality

Eccentricnoun

a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);

Eccentricadjective

conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;

Eccentricadjective

not having a common center; not concentric;

Eccentricadjective

(of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange

Eccentricadjective

not placed centrally or not having its axis or other part placed centrally

Eccentricadjective

(of a circle) not centred on the same point as another.

Eccentricadjective

(of an orbit) not circular.

Eccentricnoun

a person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behaviour

Eccentricnoun

a disc or wheel mounted eccentrically on a revolving shaft in order to transform rotation into backward-and-forward motion, e.g. a cam in an internal combustion engine.

Idiocentricadjective

Characterized by or denoting interest centered upon oneself or one's own ways, rather than upon others or the ways of others; self-centered.

Idiocentricadjective

Deviating from the norm; eccentric.