OBLATE

, flatted, or shortened; as an Oblate sphe- roid, having its axis shorter than its middle diameter; being formed by the rotation of an ellipse about the shorter axis.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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OBELISK
OBJECT
* OBLATE
OBLATENESS
OBLIQUE
OBLIQUITY
OBLONG
OBSERVATION