can some1 please explain in baby language what 'eccentricity' means?
Valupatitta Member Joined Sep 20, 2008 Messages 156 Gender Male HSC 2009 Jul 23, 2009 #1 can some1 please explain in baby language what 'eccentricity' means?
study-freak Bored of Joined Feb 8, 2008 Messages 1,133 Gender Male HSC 2009 Jul 23, 2009 #2 The ratio of the distance from any point(say P) on a conic (ellipse, hyperbola, circle, parabola) to the foci(S) to the perpendicular distance from the point(P) to the directrices(M). PS/PM=e.
The ratio of the distance from any point(say P) on a conic (ellipse, hyperbola, circle, parabola) to the foci(S) to the perpendicular distance from the point(P) to the directrices(M). PS/PM=e.
Affinity Active Member Joined Jun 9, 2003 Messages 2,062 Location Oslo Gender Undisclosed HSC 2003 Jul 24, 2009 #3 measure of how much the curve differs from a circle.
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