Prolate vs Oblate - What's the difference?
prolate | oblate | Antonyms |
(obsolete) To utter; to pronounce.
* Ben Jonson
(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
Flattened or depressed at the poles.
* 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
Oblate is a antonym of prolate.
As adjectives the difference between prolate and oblate
is that prolate is elongated at the poles while oblate is flattened or depressed at the poles.As a verb prolate
is to utter; to pronounce.As a noun 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.prolate
English
Antonyms
* (l)See also
* (l)Verb
(prolat)- Prolate it right.
oblate
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m) and its source, post-classical (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From ).Adjective
(en adjective)- The Earth is an oblate spheroid.