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oblate
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Oblate
(gcide) | Oblate \Ob*late"\, a. [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to
bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see Ob-) + latus borne,
for tlatus. See Tolerate.]
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1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth
is an oblate spheroid.
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2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used
chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders.
See Oblate, n.
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Oblate ellipsoid or Oblate spheroid (Geom.), a solid
generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor
axis; an oblatum. Contrasted with prolate spheroid. See
Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
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Oblate
(gcide) | Oblate \Ob*late"\, n. [From Oblate, a.] (R. C. Ch.)
(a) One of an association of priests or religious women
who have offered themselves to the service of the
church. There are three such associations of priests,
and one of women, called oblates.
(b) One of the Oblati.
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oblate
(wn) | oblate
adj 1: having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar
diameter; being flattened at the poles [syn: oblate,
pumpkin-shaped] [ant: prolate, watermelon-shaped]
n 1: a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious
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oblateness
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Oblate
(gcide) | Oblate \Ob*late"\, a. [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to
bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see Ob-) + latus borne,
for tlatus. See Tolerate.]
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1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth
is an oblate spheroid.
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2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used
chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders.
See Oblate, n.
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Oblate ellipsoid or Oblate spheroid (Geom.), a solid
generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor
axis; an oblatum. Contrasted with prolate spheroid. See
Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
[1913 Webster]Oblate \Ob*late"\, n. [From Oblate, a.] (R. C. Ch.)
(a) One of an association of priests or religious women
who have offered themselves to the service of the
church. There are three such associations of priests,
and one of women, called oblates.
(b) One of the Oblati.
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Oblate ellipsoid
(gcide) | Oblate \Ob*late"\, a. [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to
bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see Ob-) + latus borne,
for tlatus. See Tolerate.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth
is an oblate spheroid.
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2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used
chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders.
See Oblate, n.
[1913 Webster]
Oblate ellipsoid or Oblate spheroid (Geom.), a solid
generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor
axis; an oblatum. Contrasted with prolate spheroid. See
Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
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Oblate spheroid
(gcide) | Oblate \Ob*late"\, a. [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to
bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see Ob-) + latus borne,
for tlatus. See Tolerate.]
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1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth
is an oblate spheroid.
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2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used
chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders.
See Oblate, n.
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Oblate ellipsoid or Oblate spheroid (Geom.), a solid
generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor
axis; an oblatum. Contrasted with prolate spheroid. See
Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
[1913 Webster]Spheroid \Sphe"roid\, n. [L. spheroides ball-like, spherical,
Gr. ???; ???? sphere + e'i^dos form: cf. F. sph['e]ro["i]de.]
A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly
spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an
ellipse about one of its axes.
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Oblate spheroid, Prolate spheroid. See Oblate,
Prolate, and Ellipsoid.
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Oblateness
(gcide) | Oblateness \Ob*late"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being oblate.
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oblateness
(wn) | oblateness
n 1: the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened
at the poles; "the oblateness of the planet" [syn:
oblateness, ellipticity] |
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