eccentric
/iksentrik/ • adjective 1 unconventional and slightly strange. 2 technical not placed centrally or not having its axis placed centrally. 3 technical (of an orbit) not circular, especially to a marked degree. • noun 1 an eccentric person. 2 a cam or other part mounted eccentrically on a revolving shaft in order to transform rotation into backward-and-forward motion. — DERIVATIVES eccentrically adverb eccentricity noun. — ORIGIN Greek ekkentros, from ek ‘out of’ + kentron ‘centre’.
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