Definitions for oblateˈɒb leɪt, ɒˈbleɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ob•lateˈɒb leɪt, ɒˈbleɪt(adj.)
flattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis
Category: Math
Ref: (opposed to prolate ).
Origin of oblate:
1695–1705; < NL oblātus lengthened = L ob-ob - +(prō)lātusprolate
ob′late•ly(adv.)
ob•lateˈɒb leɪt, ɒˈbleɪt(n.)
a person serving and living in a monastery but not under monastic rule or full monastic vows.
Category: Religion
Origin of oblate:
1860–65; < ML oblātus, L: offered, ptp. of offerre to offer
Princeton's WordNet
oblate(adj)
a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life
oblate, pumpkin-shaped(adj)
having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles
Webster Dictionary
Oblate(adj)
flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid
Oblate(adj)
offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See Oblate, n
Oblate(adj)
one of an association of priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service of the church. There are three such associations of priests, and one of women, called oblates
Oblate(adj)
one of the Oblati
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