oblate
Example Sentences
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"We were very surprised that they turned out to be oblate spheroids, pretty similar to Smarties."
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2024
But no sight was as foreign as the sun’s oblate disk, which hugged the horizon, traveling not up or down but sideways.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 15, 2019
These rapid rotators spin so fast that their shapes are “flattened” into what we call oblate spheroids.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
The track, called "Flatline," samples a NdGT speech in which he talks about the Earth being an "oblate spheroid," which honestly does sound suspicious.
From The Verge ● Jan. 26, 2016
Jeanne falls to her knees beside the oblate.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
