ob·late 1 ( b l t , -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. [Probably New Latin obl tus : Latin ob-, toward; see ob- + Latin (pr )ltus; see prolate.]ob lately adv.ob lateness n. |
| 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. [Medieval Latin obl tus, from Latin, past participle of offerre, to offer; see offer.] |
oblate
Adjective
Geom (of a sphere) flattened at the poles: the oblate spheroid of the earth [New Latin oblatus lengthened]
oblate
a person resident and serving in a monastery but not under vows; a lay religious worker.
See also: Catholicism
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| 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 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" |
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