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oblate

/ob-leyt, o-bleyt/US // ˈɒb leɪt, ɒˈbleɪt //UK // (ˈɒbleɪt) //

扁形的,扁球形,扁形,扁球形的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : flattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inflat

Examples

  • The characteristic form is round-oblate, regular; Size medium.

  • Oblate, or flattened, when the axial diameter is decidedly the shorter; fig. 35.

  • His hands went up to his eyes and he stared for a few moments at the pale yellow oblate shape of the sun.

  • Oblate, is the reverse of oblong, and means shorter in one direction, than in another.

  • (He disengages himself) Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange?