oblate

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Dr Dimitris Stamatellos, reader in astrophysics at UCLan, said these young planets are oblate spheroids - spheres squashed from the top and the bottom but bulging in the middle.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024

Using a sophisticated technique, astronomers were able to take images of the star that show its shape, and it’s noticeably oblate.

From Scientific American • Jul. 14, 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

Frogs croaked aggressively at the young oblate, each croak like a curse.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz