ob·late¹

(ŏb′lāt′, 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.]

ob′late′ly adv.

ob′late′ness n.

ob·late²

(ŏb′lāt′)

1. A layperson dedicated to religious life, especially such a layperson who is affiliated with but not a member of a monastic order.

2. Oblate Roman Catholic Church A member of one of various religious communities whose members are bound by less stringent vows than those required of monastic orders.

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

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oblateness

(ɒbˈleɪtnəs)

the state of having an oblate shape

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Noun

oblateness - the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles; "the oblateness of the planet"

ellipticity

bulginess, roundedness - the property possessed by a rounded convexity

Translations

schiacciatura ai poli

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Using the fact that raindrops become more oblate as they get larger and that they are well oriented as they fall, Seliga and Bringi (1976) first reported on the potential of dual-polarization measurements, that is, differential reflectivity [Z.sub.DR], to describe the oblateness of raindrops and thereby improve rain-rate estimation.

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By following its brightness variations over four years, the observers watched the star expand and contract slightly as sound waves rang through its interior, and from that information they determined its oblateness. The result is only one-third as squat as expected, given the star's slow, 100-day rotation rate.

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Mathematically, this corresponds to using the geopotential as a sum of the central term ('two-body') and the 'oblateness term' ([C.sub.20] [equivalent to] [J.sub.2] term, see Sect.

Gravity field and ocean tides modeling for precise orbit determination of DORIS satellites

Effect Estimate Magnitude ([ms.sup.-2]) Earth's monopole [G[M.sub.[direct sum]/ 2.69 [r.sup.2]] Earth's oblateness 3 [G[M.sub.[direct sum]/ -1.1 x [r.sup.2]] [([R.sub.

Testing general relativistic predictions with the LAGEOS satellites

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