oblate spheroid

noun

A shape like that of a vertically flattened sphere, found in nature as the shape of rotating celestial bodies.

“Coordinate term: prolate spheroid”

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Meanings

nounoblate spheroid (plural oblate spheroids)

plural oblate spheroids

  1. astrophysicsA shape like that of a vertically flattened sphere, found in nature as the shape of rotating celestial bodies.

    Coordinate term: prolate spheroid

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