oblate

ob·late ¹  (blt, -blt)

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.

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[Probably New Latin obltus : Latin ob-, toward; see ob- + Latin (pr)ltus; see prolate.]

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oblately adv.

oblateness n.

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ob·late ²  (blt)

n.

1. A layperson dedicated to religious life.

2. Oblate Roman Catholic Church A member of one of various religious communities for men or women.

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[Medieval Latin obltus, from Latin, past participle of offerre, to offer; see offer.]

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oblate¹

adj

(Mathematics) having an equatorial diameter of greater length than the polar diameter the earth is an oblate sphere Compare prolate

[from New Latin oblātus lengthened, from Latin ob- towards + lātus, past participle of ferre to bring]

oblately  adv

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oblate²

n

(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a person dedicated to a monastic or religious life

[from French oblat, from Medieval Latin oblātus, from Latin offerre to offer]

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oblate

a person resident and serving in a monastery but not under vows; a lay religious worker.

See also: Catholicism

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oblate, prolate - Oblate means "flattened at the poles," and the opposite is prolate; the Earth is an oblate spheroid.

See also related terms for poles.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	oblate - a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity
Adj.	1.	oblate - having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles pumpkin-shaped rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" prolate, watermelon-shaped - having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis"

Translations

oblate¹

adj (Math) → abgeplattet

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oblate²

n (Eccl) → Oblate m