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 because the earth is an oblate spheroid, the sea level at the Equator is some 14 miles farther from the center of the earth than the sea level at the North Pole.

From Scientific American • Feb. 1, 2023

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

The big oblate could barely contain his enthusiasm, and he recounted his history very amusingly.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz