单词 | oblate |
释义 | ob·late 1 (ŏblāt′, ŏ-blāt) adj. 1. Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis. 2. Having an equatorial diameter greater than the distance between poles; compressed along or flattened at the poles: Planet Earth is an oblate solid. [Probably New Latin oblātus : Latin ob-, toward; see OB- + Latin (prō)lātus; see PROLATE.] oblate′ly adv. oblate′ness n. |
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