different between lightness vs eccentricity
lightness
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse, from Old English l?htnes; equivalent to light (“bright, luminous”, adjective) +? -ness (suffix forming nouns).
Noun
lightness (countable and uncountable, plural lightnesses)
- (uncountable) the condition of being illuminated
- (uncountable) the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
- (countable) The product of being illuminated.
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Etymology 2
From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse,; equivalent to light (“not heavy”, adjective) +? -ness (suffix forming nouns).
Noun
lightness (uncountable)
- The state of having little weight, or little force.
- Agility of movement.
- Freedom from worry.
- Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.
- , New York 2001, p.75:
- Seneca […] accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise?
- , New York 2001, p.75:
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References
Anagrams
- nightless, slightens
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eccentricity
English
Etymology
eccentric +? -ity
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??k.s?n?t??s.?.ti/, [??k.s?n?t??s.?.?i]
Noun
eccentricity (countable and uncountable, plural eccentricities)
- The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.
- (mathematics) The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.
- (astronomy) 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).
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eccentricity From the web:
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- what's eccentricity of an ellipse
- what eccentricity is the secondary focus
- what eccentricity of a circle
- what eccentricity of a perfect circle
- what does eccentricity mean
- what is eccentricity of hyperbola
- what is eccentricity in astronomy
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