oblatum

English edit

Oblate spheroid or oblatum

Etymology 1 edit

From Late Latin oblātus (oblatus), from Latin ob (“in front of, before”) + lātus (“broad, wide”), (modelled after and contrasting with prolatus (“extended, lengthened”)).

Noun edit

oblatum (plural oblata)

(geometry) An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis.

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin oblātum, past participle of offerō (“bring to, offer”), from ob (“in front of”) + ferō (“bring”). Compare oblate.

Adjective edit

oblatum (not comparable)

Submitted for publication; especially, of academic articles, submitted for peer review before publication.

References edit

“oblatum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin edit

Participle edit

oblātum

inflection of oblātus:
1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
2. accusative masculine singular