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Meanings of oblateness in English

The property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles.

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Examples for "ellipticity"
Examples for "ellipticity"
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The specific mark of this family is the flattening or ellipticity.
Darwin and Modern Science
2
This law, deduced, was the immediate path to the law of orbital ellipticity.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 / A Magazin...
3
When these were submitted to calculation, each led to the same value of the ellipticity.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
4
We also analyze the peak-valley transmittance difference as a function of medium length, ellipticity, and a stigmatism.
Pubmed
5
Heat also reduces the overall protein ellipticity, suggesting that reversibly unfolded conformers are more susceptible to phosphorylation.
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Usage of oblateness in English
1
Two facts are revealed by the oblateness of the earth: 1.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
2
To cite but one instance this force is powerless to account for the spheroidal oblateness of certain planets.
Five Years of Theosophy
Frequent collocations
Oblateness through the time