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Oblateness
see synonyms of oblatenessNoun
1. ellipticity, oblateness
the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles
Example Sentences:'the oblateness of the planet'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Oblateness
see synonyms of oblatenessnoun
the state of having an oblate shape
The Earth is 21 kilometres, or 0.3 per cent, wider from east to west than from north
to south. Astronomers had been confident that their calculations of this oblateness
were fairly accurate.
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Oblateness
see synonyms of oblatenessadj.
1. Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.
2. Having an equatorial diameter greater than the distance between poles; compressed along or flattened at the poles: Planet Earth is an oblate solid.
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