erratic

erratic
1. n эксцентричная личность; чудак, оригинал
2. n геол. эрратический валун
3. a неустойчивый, колеблющийся

erratic temperature — неустойчивая температура

erratic earnings — неустойчивая прибыль

erratic behavior — неустойчивое поведение

erratic brake torque — неустойчивый тормозной момент

4. a рассеянный
5. a эк. неравномерный, изменчивый, непостоянный

erratic firing — неравномерное зажигание

erratic drying — неравномерное закрепление

6. a странный, беспорядочный

erratic behaviour — сумасбродное поведение

erratic life — беспорядочная жизнь

erratic opinions — странные взгляды

erratic market — рынок, на котором происходит беспорядочное изменение цен или курсов

7. a арх. блуждающий

erratic stars — блуждающие звёзды

8. a тех. неритмичный, неравномерный
9. a геол. эрратический

erratic boulder — эрратический валун

Синонимический ряд:
1. arbitrary (adj.) arbitrary; capricious; freakish; vagarious; wayward; whimsical; whimsied
2. devious (adj.) devious; errant; stray; wandering
3. irregular (adj.) inconsistent; irregular; random; shifting; wildly variable
4. strange (adj.) bizarre; confused; curious; demented; eccentric; funny; idiosyncratic; odd; oddball; outlandish; peculiar; quaint; queer; quirky; rummy; singular; strange; uncouth; unusual; weird
5. uncertain (adj.) chancy; fluctuant; iffy; incalculable; uncertain; unpredictable
6. variable (adj.) changeable; fickle; inconstant; mercurial; temperamental; unstable; unsteady; variable; volatile
Антонимический ряд:
consistent

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  • erratic — [i rat′ik] adj. [ME erratik < OFr erratique < L erraticus, wandering < pp. of errare: see ERR] 1. having no fixed course or purpose; irregular; random; wandering 2. deviating from the normal, conventional, or customary course; eccentric; …   English World dictionary

  • Erratic — Er*rat ic, n. 1. One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character. [1913 Webster] 2. A rogue. [Obs.] Cockeram. [1913 Webster] 3. (Geol.) Any stone or material that has been borne… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • erratic — index anomalous, astray, broken (interrupted), capricious, desultory, disjointed, eccentric, inconsisten …   Law dictionary

  • erratic — (adj.) late 14c., wandering, moving, from O.Fr. erratique (13c.) and directly from L. erraticus wandering, straying, roving, from erratum an error, mistake, fault, pp. of errare to wander, err (see ERR (Cf. err)). Sense of irregular, eccentric is …   Etymology dictionary

  • erratic — eccentric, odd, queer, *strange, singular, peculiar, unique, quaint, outlandish, curious Analogous words: aberrant, *abnormal, atypical: irregular, unnatural, anomalous: capricious, fickle, mercurial, inconstant Contrasted words: normal, *regular …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • erratic — [adj] unpredictable; wandering aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, changeable, desultory, devious, dicey, directionless, dubious, eccentric, fitful, flaky*, fluctuant, idiosyncratic, iffy*, incalculable, inconsistent,… …   New thesaurus

  • erratic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not even or regular in pattern or movement. DERIVATIVES erratically adverb erraticism noun …   English terms dictionary

  • erratic — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin erraticus, from erratus, past participle of errare Date: 14th century 1. a. having no fixed course ; wandering < an erratic comet > b. archaic nomadic …   New Collegiate Dictionary


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