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    eccentric
    /ɪkˈsɛntrɪk/

    adjective

    • 1. (of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange: "he noted her eccentric appearance"
    • 2. not placed centrally or not having its axis or other part placed centrally: technical "a servo driving an eccentric cam"

    noun

    • 1. a person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behaviour: "he's seen as a local eccentric"
    • 2. a disc or wheel mounted eccentrically on a revolving shaft in order to transform rotation into backward-and-forward motion, e.g. a cam in an internal combustion engine.

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