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Plural of eccentricity

regular plural

The plural of eccentricity is eccentricities.

Forms of eccentricity

Singulareccentricity /ˌɛk.sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/
Pluraleccentricities
Countablecountable and uncountable

Eccentricities in a sentence

  • As a regular news reader I thought I was across the eccentricities of the US president.2019 September 20, Lenore Taylor, The Guardian. From the entry across
  • This glossary, however, is more of an index than an explanation of her vocabularial eccentricities.1923 October, “Turner, Julia. The Psychology of Self-Consciousness. […]”, in Smith Ely Jelliffe, editor, The Journal of Nervous and Mental…. From the entry vocabularial
  • From neuropsychological research, we knowthat the traumatized brain houses inscrutable eccentricities that cause it to overreact—or, more precisely,misreact—to the current realities of life.2007, Martha Stout, The Paranoia Switch. From the entry misreact
  • From the smoothest symphonic dance pieces to the most highly seasoned jazzical eccentricities runs the range; there is a spiced variety of good things for every taste.1995, Mark Tucker, The Duke Ellington Reader, page 34. From the entry jazzical

Meaning of eccentricity

  1. noun The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.
  2. noun The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.
  3. noun The eccentricity of the conic section (usually an ellipse) defined by the orbit of a given object around a reference object (such as that of a planet around the sun).

Full definition of eccentricity

Questions about the plural of eccentricity

What is the plural of eccentricity?
The plural of eccentricity is eccentricities.
Is eccentricity countable?
Eccentricity is a countable and uncountable noun.

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