Oblate ellipsoid
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(Geom.) | a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an oblatum. Contrasted with prolate spheroid. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid. |
See also: Oblate
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.