eccentric

excéntrico

Que se comporta o hace las cosas de manera poco habitual y algo extraña.

En inglés sencillo: Behaving or doing things in an unusual, slightly strange way.

• My uncle is rather eccentric.
• She has some eccentric ideas about food.
• His eccentric habits amused his neighbors.

Sinónimos: odd, unconventional, quirky

Antónimos: conventional

Expresiones frecuentes: an eccentric person, eccentric behavior, eccentric habits

excéntrico, elíptico

Que tiene forma ovalada en lugar de ser un círculo perfecto.

En inglés sencillo: Having an oval shape rather than being a perfect circle.

• The comet follows an eccentric orbit.
• Its eccentric path brings it close to the sun.
• Some moons have highly eccentric orbits.

Sinónimos: elliptical

Antónimos: circular

Expresiones frecuentes: an eccentric orbit, a highly eccentric orbit, an eccentric path

excéntrico, descentrado

Situado fuera del centro de algo.

En inglés sencillo: Placed away from the center of something.

• The wheel has an eccentric hole.
• An eccentric shaft makes the plate move sideways.
• The disk's eccentric position causes uneven rotation.

Sinónimos: off-center

Antónimos: central

Expresiones frecuentes: an eccentric shaft, an eccentric position, an eccentric hole

excéntrico

Persona cuyas costumbres o comportamiento son poco habituales y algo extraños.

En inglés sencillo: A person whose habits or behavior are unusual and slightly strange.

• Everyone knew him as an eccentric.
• A local eccentric built a house from bottles.
• The club attracted artists and eccentrics.

Sinónimos: oddity, oddball

Expresiones frecuentes: a local eccentric, a harmless eccentric, a wealthy eccentric

círculo excéntrico

Círculo cuyo centro no coincide con el de otro círculo.

En inglés sencillo: A circle whose center is different from the center of another circle.

• Draw an eccentric inside the larger circle.
• The diagram shows an eccentric with a different center.
• These eccentrics have equal radii but different centers.

Expresiones frecuentes: an inner eccentric, draw an eccentric, an eccentric circle