Oblateness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oblateness \Ob*late"ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being oblate.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  oblateness
       n : the property possessed by a rounded shape that is flattened
           at the poles; "the oblateness of the planet" [syn: {ellipticity}]