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.
ETYMOLOGY:
Probably New Latin obltus : Latin ob-, toward; see ob– + Latin (pr)ltus; see prolate.
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