Found 3 hits - Term: oblate, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
oblate \oblate"\, 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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
ob- tolerate oblate oblate ellipsoid oblate spheroid prolate spheroid
ellipsoid of revolution ellipsoid
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
oblate \oblate"\, 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.
1913 webster
see also:
oblate
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
oblate
adj : having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar
diameter; being flattened at the poles syn: pumpkin-shaped
ant: prolate
n : a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious
life
see also:
pumpkin-shaped prolate
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