Term: 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
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: audience: the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: lieutenant governor: an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of a state of the United States
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: tack: a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: spotted cowbane: tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: topology: the configuration of a communication network
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: type specimen: the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: babassu nut: hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: ultramontane: a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: blood money: compensation paid to the family of a murdered person
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: neurologist: a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it