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The characteristic form is round-oblate, regular; Size medium.
AMERICAN POMOLOGYJ. A. WARDER
Oblate, or flattened, when the axial diameter is decidedly the shorter; fig. 35.
AMERICAN POMOLOGYJ. A. WARDER
His hands went up to his eyes and he stared for a few moments at the pale yellow oblate shape of the sun.
A HONEYMOON IN SPACEGEORGE GRIFFITH
Oblate, is the reverse of oblong, and means shorter in one direction, than in another.
CONVERSATIONS ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, IN WHICH THE ELEMENTS OF THAT SCIENCE ARE FAMILIARLY EXPLAINEDJANE HALDIMAND MARCET AND THOMAS P. JONES
(He disengages himself) Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange?
ULYSSESJAMES JOYCE
The figure of the Earth is that of an oblate spheroid; it is slightly flattened at the poles and bulges at the equator.
THE ASTRONOMY OF MILTON'S 'PARADISE LOST'THOMAS ORCHARD
Durtal rejoined M. Bruno in the court; they shook hands, and the oblate announced the presence of a new guest.
EN ROUTEJ.-K. (JORIS-KARL) HUYSMANS
These articles were evidently the property of the oblate, for they were nothing like the furniture of La Trappe.
EN ROUTEJ.-K. (JORIS-KARL) HUYSMANS
He did not even hear the conversation which was going on beside him between the curate and the oblate.
EN ROUTEJ.-K. (JORIS-KARL) HUYSMANS
The oblate opened a small door, and the lay brother, all bent, lifted his head with difficulty.
EN ROUTEJ.-K. (JORIS-KARL) HUYSMANS
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