OBLATE


Meaning of OBLATE in English

n.

Pronunciation: ä- ' bl ā t, ' ä- ˌ

Function: adjective

Etymology: probably from New Latin oblatus, from ob- + -latus (as in prolatus prolate)

Date: 1705

: flattened or depressed at the poles <an oblate spheroid>

– ob · late · ness noun

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