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eccentricity vs ratio

ratio vs eccentricity

eccentricity and ratio both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
eccentricity Yes No No No
ratio Yes No No No
As nouns, ratio is a hypernym of eccentricity; that is, ratio is a word with a broader meaning than eccentricity:
  • eccentricity: (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis
  • ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
eccentricity (noun) ratio (noun)
strange and unconventional behavior the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree
a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
(geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis
Difference between eccentricity and ratio

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