Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Oblate \Ob*late"\, a. [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to
bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see {Ob-}) + latus borne,
for tlatus. See {Tolerate}.]
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1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth
is an oblate spheroid.
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2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used
chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders.
See {Oblate}, n.
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{Oblate ellipsoid} or {Oblate spheroid} (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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Oblate \Ob*late"\, n. [From {Oblate}, a.] (R. C. Ch.)
(a) 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.
(b) One of the Oblati.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oblate
adj 1: having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar
diameter; being flattened at the poles [syn: {oblate},
{pumpkin-shaped}] [ant: {prolate}, {watermelon-shaped}]
n 1: a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious
life
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