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Oblate vs Ellipticity - What's the difference?

oblate | ellipticity |

As nouns the difference between oblate and ellipticity

is that oblate is a person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community while ellipticity is the condition of being elliptical (flattened from perfect circular or spherical form.

As an adjective oblate

is flattened or depressed at the poles.

oblate

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m) and its source, post-classical (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Roman Catholic Church) A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
  • A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.
  • * 2007', The Venerable Bede started as an '''oblate at St Paul's, Jarrow, but by the time of his death in 735 was surely the most learned man in Europe. — Tom Shippey, ‘I Lerne Song’, ''London Review of Books 29:4, p. 19
  • Etymology 2

    From ).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Flattened or depressed at the poles.
  • The Earth is an oblate spheroid.
  • * 1922', Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this '''oblate orange? — James Joyce, ''Ulysses
  • * 1997', ‘ ’Tis prolate, still,’ with a long dejected Geordie O. ‘Isn’t it…?’ ‘I’m an Astronomer,– trust me, ’tis gone well to '''oblate .’ — Thomas Pynchon, ''Mason & Dixon
  • Antonyms
    * (l)
    See also
    * (l)

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    ellipticity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being elliptical (flattened from perfect circular or spherical form)
  • (countable, mathematics) A measure of this flattening that is a function of the ellipse's equatorial and polar radii
  • See also

    * oblate * prolate