About The Word Oblate
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Oblate
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What's The Definition Of Oblate?
[adj] having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles
Synonyms | Synonyms for Oblate: pumpkin-shaped Related Terms | Find terms related to Oblate: See Also | rounded Oblate In Webster's Dictionary \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}.]
1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth
is an oblate spheroid.
2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used
chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders.
See {Oblate}, n.
{Oblate ellipsoid} or {spheroid} (Geom.), a solid generated
by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an
oblatum. See {Ellipsoid of revolution}, under {Ellipsoid}.
\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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