oblate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: oblate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for oblate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oblate adj having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles Synonym(s): oblate, pumpkin-shaped Antonym(s): prolate, watermelon-shaped n a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblate \Oblate"\, a. [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see {Ob-}) + latus borne, for tlatus. See {Tolerate}.] 1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate* spheroid. 2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders. See {Oblate}, n. {Oblate ellipsoid} [or] {spheroid} (Geom.), a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an oblatum. See {Ellipsoid of revolution}, under {Ellipsoid}.