English Dictionary

eccentric

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/

形容詞

人物 動議

Not at or in the centre; away from the centre. / Not perfectly circular; elliptical. / Having a different center; not concentric.

日本語の意味

中心から外れている / 完全な円形ではなく楕円形である / 中心が一致していない、同心ではない

The engineer adjusted the wheel because the eccentric mounting caused the axle to wobble.

エンジニアは、偏心した取り付けが原因で軸が揺れていたので、車輪を調整した。

意味（1）

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

Strikingly, we see that party births tend systematically to be at policy positions that are significantly more eccentric than those of surviving parties, whatever decision rule these parties use.

意味（2）

Not perfectly circular; elliptical.

As of 2008, Margaret had the most eccentric orbit of any moon in the solar system, though Nereid's mean eccentricity is greater.

意味（3）

Having a different center; not concentric.

意味（4）

(of a person) Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.

He was a man of a most eccentric turn of mind, and great singularity of conduct.

意味（5）

(physiology, of a motion) Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (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).

意味（6）

Having different goals or motives.

[…] for whatsoever affairs pass such a man's hands he crooketh them to his own ends, which must needs be often eccentric to those of his master or state: […]

more eccentric （ comparative ）

most eccentric （ superlative ）