oblateness

Noun
Synonyms: ellipticity

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Noun (1)

  1. the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles“the oblateness of the planet”Synonyms: ellipticityType of roundedness, bulginess
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ob·late′ness noun

The quality or state of being oblate.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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