Definition of Oblate
Ob`late´
a.
1.
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
(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
.
n.
1.
(R. C. Ch.)
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
.
Related Words
prolate
,
pumpkin-shaped
,
rounded
,
watermelon-shaped
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