Preposition: of

• orbit: How can the eccentricity of the orbit really be maintained over billions of years?

• earth: Eccentricity of the Earth 's orbit around the sun.

• ellipse: The eccentricity of an ellipse is a measure of how fat ( or thin ) it is.

Converse of object

• change: Changing the eccentricity enables orbits of planets and comets to be compared.

• have: Our current best orbit has an eccentricity of about 0.537.

• celebrate: Once upon a time the Kings Road encompassed and celebrated the eccentricity that so defined England.

• show: The lower two frames show eccentricity, or how elliptical their orbits are.

Adjective modifier

• orbital: However, a modest orbital eccentricity is plainly not incompatible with life.

• English: We wanted something that reflected the spirit of English eccentricity.

• considerable: Nor can one deny that there has been considerable eccentricity in his treatment of his son.

• British: Giraffe Manor, Kenya, bastion of British eccentricity.

• own: A new enthusiastic young writer joins the staff of jaded hacks each with their own eccentricity.

Modifies a noun

• cycle: Their driving mechanism is thought to be the drying phase of Milankovitch orbital eccentricity climate cycles.

• value: For greater values, the eccentricity values are found to be either complex or negative.