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Webster 1913 Edition

Oblate

Ob-late′

,
Adj.
[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
,
Noun.
Oblate ellipsoid
or
Oblate spheroid
(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
.

Ob-late′

,
Noun.
[From
Oblate
,
Adj.
]
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Oblate

OBLA'TE

,
Adj.
[L. oblatur, offero; ob and fero, to bear.]
Flattened or depressed at the poles; as an oblate spheroid, which is the figure of the earth.

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