Crossword clues for eccentricities
eccentricities
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eccentricity \Ec`cen*tric"i*ty\, n.; pl. Eccentricities. [Cf. F. excentricit['e].]
The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
(Math.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
(Astron.) 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.
(Mech.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of eccentricity English)
Usage examples of "eccentricities".
Science loves eccentricities, leaps and bounds, trials of strength, fancies, if I may be allowed so to term them.
Perhaps servants like Bates took pleasure in their employers' eccentricities, but she didn't.
Captain Olin's eccentricities, she was sure, had been ethical and not sensual.
Nevertheless, as he was in many ways a most valuable person to me, and all the time before twelve o'clock, meridian, was the quickest, steadiest creature, too, accomplishing a great deal of work in a style not easily to be matched—for these reasons, I was willing to overlook his eccentricities, though, indeed, occasionally, I remonstrated with him.
So that, Turkey's paroxysms only coming on about twelve o'clock, I never had to do with their eccentricities at one time.
Nay again, whatever might be his eccentricities, Bartleby was an eminently decorous person.
These sad fancyings—chimeras, doubtless, of a sick and silly brain—led on to other and more special thoughts, concerning the eccentricities of Bartleby.
But to describe the eccentricities of Ramses would tax even my literary skill.
Cyrus said proudly, as if Schadenfreude's eccentricities proved his medical prowess.
Showing that the town has grown in sympathy with human needs and eccentricities, and is not the work of a surveyor, the streets are irregular, forming picturesque angles and open spaces.
My superior, Doc Aspen, told the others about my little eccentricities, so they know not to startle me.
Little eccentricities like custom-tailored uniforms could be overlooked in someone who was both a High Family scion and had an excellent record of performance.
When no heir to the Earldom resulted from the unequal match, those who most deprecated the Earl’s many eccentricities pronounced it to be a judgement upon him, his sister.
An easy-going father, famed for his eccentricities, had sanctioned, even encouraged, her sporting proclivities.
I am quite aware that my friend Wilmore is peculiar, but he is sincere, and as rich as a gold-mine, consequently, he may indulge his eccentricities without any fear of their ruining him, and I have promised to adhere to his instructions.