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'''Eccentricity''' may refer to:
* ], unusual or odd behavior on the part of a person, as opposed to being "normal"
* ], a parameter associated with every conic section
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* ] of a vertex in a graph * ] of a vertex in a graph
* ], lengthening of muscle fibers * ], lengthening of muscle fibers

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  • Eccentricity (graph theory) of a vertex in a graph
  • 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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