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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•late1 /ˈɑbleɪt, ɑˈbleɪt/USA pronunciation adj. - Mathematicsflattened at the top.
See -lat-1. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•late1 (ob′lāt, o blāt′),USA pronunciation adj. - Mathematicsflattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis (opposed to prolate). See diag. under prolate.
- Neo-Latin oblātus lengthened, equivalent. to Latin ob- ob- + (prō)lātus prolate
- 1695–1705
- Religiona person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- Religiona lay member of any of various Roman Catholic societies devoted to special religious work.
- Medieval Latin oblātus, suppletive past participle of offerre to offer
- 1860–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: oblate /ˈɒbleɪt/ adj - having an equatorial diameter of greater length than the polar diameter: the earth is an oblate sphere
Compare prolate
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin oblātus lengthened, from Latin ob- towards + lātus, past participle of ferre to bring oblate /ˈɒbleɪt/ n - a person dedicated to a monastic or religious life
Etymology: 19th Century: from French oblat, from Medieval Latin oblātus, from Latin offerre to offer |