[{"word":"eccentricity","phonetic":"/ˌɛk.sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˌɛk.sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/eccentricity-us.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60609810","license":{"name":"BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"For an ellipse, the eccentricity is the ratio of the distance from the center to a focus divided by the length of the semi-major axis."},{"definition":"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).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eccentricity"]}]