eccentricity
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One key factor is orbital eccentricity, which describes how much an orbit differs from a perfect circle.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Back and forth we went, I in persistent eccentricity, she with tremendous patience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The British political system "fosters the eccentricity, the wonderment and the humour of politics", he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
How much funnier Shakespeare’s motley crew can be when we’re allowed to discover the variety of eccentricity and ludicrousness on display for ourselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Aunty Ifeoma shook her head as if the way Papa felt were just a minor eccentricity.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A supersizing of the series format, it doesn’t significantly alter the rangy charm of Wilson’s video-captured eccentricities, a sturdy foundation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Take this spring’s Michael Jackson biopic, a film that purged Jackson of all of his eccentricities in an attempt to downplay the allegations that clouded his late career.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
"A planet caught in resonance finds its orbit deformed to higher and higher eccentricities, precessing faster and faster while staying in tune with the orbit of the binary, which is shrinking," Touma said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
Besides following Canadian politics in the capital, he focuses on economic and social policy, U.S.-Canada relations and the country’s eccentricities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025
This woman, in all her eccentricities and in her appearance, is almost impossible to describe, but I shall make some attempt to do so a little later on.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing eccentricity
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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The Things They Carried
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