oblateness

2 definitions found

oblateness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

oblateness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  oblateness
      n 1: the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened
           at the poles; "the oblateness of the planet" [syn:
           oblateness, ellipticity]