oblate
IPA: ɑbɫˈeɪt
noun
- (Roman Catholicism) A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
- A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.
verb
- To offer as either a gift or an oblation.
adjective
- Flattened or depressed at the poles.
Examples of "oblate" in Sentences
- Fully oblate object is a disk.
- The earth is an oblate spheroid.
- The outer surface is visualized as an oblate spheroid.
- People dispute the fact that the Earth is an oblate spheroid.
- The figure of the Earth is to first order an oblate spheroid.
- The shape of the Earth is very close to that of an oblate spheroid.
- Another is that the Earth is slightly deformed into an oblate spheroid.
- Rotation about the other axis produces the oblate spheroidal coordinates.