Oblate vs. Prolate
Difference Between Oblate and Prolate
Oblateadjective
Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.
Prolateadjective
Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its longer axis.
Oblateadjective
Having an equatorial diameter greater than the distance between poles; compressed along or flattened at the poles
Planet Earth is an oblate solid.Prolateadjective
Having the distance between the poles longer than the equatorial diameter
a prolate spheroid.Oblatenoun
A layperson dedicated to religious life, especially such a layperson who is affiliated with but not a member of a monastic order.
Prolateadjective
Elongated at the poles.
A cigar is a prolate spheroid.Oblatenoun
Oblate Roman Catholic Church A member of one of various religious communities whose members are bound by less stringent vows than those required of monastic orders.
Prolateverb
To utter; to pronounce.
Oblatenoun
(Roman Catholicism) A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
Prolateadjective
having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter;
a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axisOblatenoun
A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.
Prolateadjective
rounded like an egg
Oblateadjective
Flattened or depressed at the poles.
The Earth is an oblate spheroid.Oblateverb
To offer as either a gift or an oblation.
Oblatenoun
a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life
Oblateadjective
having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles
