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Eccentricity

The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.

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Circularity 76% connected

The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.

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Ratio 76% connected

The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the sec…

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Strangeness 76% connected

The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective).

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Oddity 76% connected

The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like.

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Oddness 76% connected

The state of being odd, or not even.

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Eccentric 74% connected

Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center o…

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Eccentric 74% connected

Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center o…

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Abaxile adjective · 78% connection

Away from the axis or central line; eccentric.

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Align verb · 78% connection

To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

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Alignment noun · 78% connection

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…

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Axis noun · 78% connection

A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e.…

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Branch noun · 78% connection

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the Eng…

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Customary adjective · 78% connection

Holding or held by custom; as, customary tenants; customary service or estate.

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Declivity noun · 78% connection

Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the sam…

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Deflection noun · 78% connection

The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; devi…

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Direction noun · 78% connection

The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of te…

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Directrix noun · 78% connection

A line along which a point in another line moves, or which in any way governs the motion of the point and determines the position of t…

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Drift noun · 78% connection

A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.

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Droll superl. · 78% connection

Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.

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Erratic adjective · 78% connection

Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.

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Feeder noun · 78% connection

A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.

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Flighty adjective · 78% connection

Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and extravag…

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Gab noun · 78% connection

The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.

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Generation noun · 78% connection

The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathemati…

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Gunter's line unknown · 78% connection

A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; --…

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