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Definition of oblate

Oblate
Oblate Ob*late", 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.
Oblate
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.

Meaning of oblate from wikipedia

- an oblate in christian monasticism (especially catholic , orthodox and anglican ) is a person who is specifically dedicated to god or to
- an oblate spheroid is a rotationally symmetric ellipsoid having a polar axis shorter than the diameter of the equatorial circle whose
- the missionary oblates of mary immaculate (omi) is a missionary religious congregation in the catholic church . it was founded on
- the oblates of st. francis de sales (latin : oblati sancti francisci salesii, o.s.f.s.) are a congregation of roman catholic priests and
- if the ellipse is rotated about its minor axis, the result is an oblate (flattened) spheroid, like a lentil . if the generating ellipse
- other terms used are ellipticity, or oblateness. the usual notation for flattening is f and its definition in terms of the semi-axes of
- phenomenon where a star rotates so rapidly that it has a detectably oblate spheroid shape, such as in regulus in the leo constellation .
- oblate father refers to an oblate who is a priest, notably as a member of one of the following catholic orders: missionary oblates of mary
- oblate spheroidal coordinates are a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system that results from rotating the two-dimensional
- the oblate sisters of providence is a roman catholic women's religious institute , founded by mother mary elizabeth lange (1784 - 1882),