The Earth is an oblate spheroid.
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Oblate
//ˈɑbleɪt//
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French
1 entries- aplati adj (Flattened or depressed at the poles)
Portuguese
1 entries- oblato adj (Flattened or depressed at the poles)
Turkish
1 entries- basık adj (Flattened or depressed at the poles)
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2007, The Venerable Bede started as an oblate at St Paul's, Jarrow, but by the time of his death in 735 was surely the most learned man in Europe. — Tom Shippey, ‘I Lerne Song’, London Review of Books 29:4, p. 19
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an Oblate Father
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The Earth is an oblate spheroid.
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