Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective

Still, those oblate derrieres acknowledge that the flat stovetops of our Western kitchens make a rounded cooking vessel difficult to use. James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, "What you need to know before you wok," 16 Feb. 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

But Earth is an oblate spheroid, meaning a 3D shape created by an ellipsis that’s rotating around its shorter axis—like a more rounded jelly donut. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, "Sad: This Isotope Lives for Just 8 Minutes and Leaves Behind a Wobbly Nucleus," 12 Feb. 2020

This was unexpected at Jupiter—a heavy, fast rotating, oblate (flattened at the poles) planet. Andrew Coates, Newsweek, "NASA Juno Unlocks Secrets of Jupiter's Mega Cyclone Clusters," 8 Mar. 2018

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'oblate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.