(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:31:27

Ob*la"tum (?), n.; pl. Oblata (#). [NL. See Oblate.] Geom.

An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. Oblongum.

 

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