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  2. Eccentricity (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the eccentricity of a conic section is a non-negative real number that uniquely characterizes its shape. One can think of the eccentricity as a measure of how much a conic section deviates from being circular. In particular: The eccentricity of a circle is 0. The eccentricity of an ellipse which is not a circle is between 0 and 1.

  3. Orbital eccentricity - Wikipedia

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    The mean eccentricity of an object is the average eccentricity as a result of perturbations over a given time period. Neptune currently has an instant (current epoch ) eccentricity of 0.011 3 , [ 13 ] but from 1800 to 2050 has a mean eccentricity of 0.008 59 .

  4. Eccentricity - Wikipedia

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    Horizontal eccentricity, in vision, degrees of visual angle from the center of the eye; Eccentric contraction, the lengthening of muscle fibers; Eccentric position of a surveying tripod, to be able to measure hidden points; Eccentric training, the motion of an active muscle while it is lengthening under load; Eccentricity, a deviation from ...

  5. Body roundness index - Wikipedia

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    The degree of circularity of an ellipse is quantified by eccentricity, with values between 0 to 1, where 0 is a perfect circle (waist circumference same as height) and 1 is a vertical line. [1] To accommodate human shape data in a greater range, Thomas and colleagues mapped eccentricity in a range of 1 to 20 by using the equation: [1]

  6. Likelihood function - Wikipedia

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    In measure-theoretic probability theory, the density function is defined as the Radon–Nikodym derivative of the probability distribution relative to a common dominating measure. [5] The likelihood function is this density interpreted as a function of the parameter, rather than the random variable. [ 6 ]

  7. Statistical dispersion - Wikipedia

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    A measure of statistical dispersion is a nonnegative real number that is zero if all the data are the same and increases as the data become more diverse. Most measures of dispersion have the same units as the quantity being measured. In other words, if the measurements are in metres or seconds, so is the measure of dispersion.

  8. Graph center - Wikipedia

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    The center (or Jordan center [1]) of a graph is the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity, [2] that is, the set of all vertices u where the greatest distance d(u,v) to other vertices v is minimal. Equivalently, it is the set of vertices with eccentricity equal to the graph's radius. [3]

  9. Distance (graph theory) - Wikipedia

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    The eccentricity ϵ(v) of a vertex v is the greatest distance between v and any other vertex; in symbols, = (,). It can be thought of as how far a node is from the node most distant from it in the graph. The radius r of a graph is the minimum eccentricity of any vertex or, in symbols,