New vs Eccentric - What's the difference?
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Recently made, or created.
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, title= Additional; recently discovered.
Current or later, as opposed to former.
Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
Young.
Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
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, title= Recently arrived or appeared.
*
, title= Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
(of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
Newly (especially in composition).
As new; from scratch.
Things that are new.
(Australia) A kind of light beer.
See news.
Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.
* 2011 , Michael Laver, Ernest Sergenti. Party Competition: An Agent-Based Model ,
Not perfectly circular; elliptical.
Having a different center; not concentric.
(of a person) deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently.
* 1801', Author not named, ''Fyfield (John)'', entry in '''''Eccentric Biography; Or, Sketches of Remarkable Characters, Ancient and Modern ,
* 1807', G. H. Wilson (editor), ''The '''Eccentric Mirror , Volume 3,
* 1956 , , The City and the Stars , 2012,
(physiology, of a motion) Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (e.g., such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
Having different goals or motives.
* , 1867 , Richard Whately (analysis and notes), James R. Boyd (editor), Essay XI: Wisdom for a Man's Self'', ''Lord Bacon's Essays ,
One who does not behave like others.
* 1998 , Michael Gross, Life On The Edge , 2001,
A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
* 1840 , Dionysius Lardner, The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated ,
* 1994 , James M. Lattis, Between Copernicus and Galileo: Christoph Clavius and the Collapse of Ptolemaic Cosmology ,
* 2007 , George Saliba, Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance ,
(slang) A kook.
New is a related term of eccentric.
As an interjection new
is mew, meow, miaow.As an adjective eccentric is
not at or in the centre; away from the centre.As a noun eccentric is
one who does not behave like others.new
English
(wikipedia new)Adjective
(er)Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}
The rise of smart beta, passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
Synonyms
* brand new, recent * recent * (current or later) current * brand new, brand spanking new, mint, pristine * born-again, reformed, refreshed, reinvigorated, revived * (young) young, newborn * (of recent origin) fresh * strange, unfamiliar * (recently arrived or appeared) novel, singular * brand new, green * See alsoAntonyms
* ancient, dated, old * dated, old * (current or later) former, old * (distinguishing something established more recently) old * old, used, worn * old * (young) old * (of recent origin) original, previous * familiar, old * (recently arrived or appeared) established * accustomed, experienced, expertAdverb
(en adverb)- new'''-born, '''new'''-formed, '''new'''-found, '''new -mown
- ''They are scraping the site clean to build new .
Noun
(-)- Out with the old, in with the new .
Derived terms
* anew * brand new * new- * newbie * newco * newie * newish * newling * newly * newlywed * newness * news, news- * Newspeak * renew * New Age * new broom * new chum * new-laid * new moon * new potato * New Testament * new town * new wave * New World * New Year * (New Amsterdam) * (New Australia) * New Brunswick * Newcastle * New Delhi * New England * Newfoundland * New Guinea * New Hampshire * New Holland * New Jersey * (Newmarket) * New Mexico * New Orleans * New South Wales * New York * New Zealand * what else is new * what's newStatistics
*eccentric
English
Alternative forms
* eccentrick (obsolete) * excentric * excentrick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)page 125,
- Strikingly, we see that party births tend systematically to be at policy positions that are significantly more eccentric than those of surviving parties, whatever decision rule these parties use.
- As of 2008, Margaret had the most eccentric orbit of any moon in the solar system, though Nereid's mean eccentricity is greater.
page 127,
- He was a man of a most eccentric turn of mind, and great singularity of conduct.
page 17,
- Such is not the case with Mr. Martin Van Butchell, one of the most eccentric characters to be found in the British metropolis, and a gentleman of indisputable science and abilities, but whose strange humors and extraordinary habits, have rather tended to obscure than to display the talents he possessed.
unnumbered page,
- Khedron was the only other person in the city who could be called eccentric —and even his eccentricity had been planned by the designers of Diaspar.
page 171,
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Usage notes
* . See also (Isometric exercise)Synonyms
* (not at or in the centre) eccentrical, excentrical * (not perfectly circular) eccentrical, excentrical * (having a different centre) eccentrical, excentrical * (deviating from the norm) eccentrical, excentrical, odd, abnormal * (against the contraction of a muscle) * (having different goals or motives) eccentrical, excentricalAntonyms
* (against the contraction of a muscle) concentricDerived terms
* eccentricallyNoun
(en noun)page ix,
- Eccentrics live longer, happier, and healthier lives than conformist normal citizens, according to the neuropsychologist David Weeks.
page 379,
- The position of the eccentrics' which is necessary to make the pistons drive the engine forward must be directly the reverse of that which would cause them to drive the engine backwards. To be able, therefore, to reverse the motion of the engine, it would only be necessary to be able to reverse the position of the ' eccentrics , which may be accomplished by either of two expedients.
page 116,
- Clavius goes on to use the large number of orbs in Fracostoro's theory as another reason to prefer the Ptolemaic system, then couples this issue with that of the relative capacity of the theories to save the phenomena, then finally reiterates the lack (as he sees it) of conflict between the Aristotelian natural philosophy and the eccentrics and epicycles of mathematical astronomy.
page 120,
- The discussion that revolved around the admissibility of eccentrics' and epicycles lied(sic) at the core of this theoretical discussion, and those who would not allow such concepts took the position that such ' eccentrics and epicycles would then introduce a center of heaviness, other than the Earth, around which celestial simple objects would then move.