The planet Earth is an oblate. From LearnThat.org.
Note that you omitted your latest "pious title" which at last count was now "oblate". From Wordnik.com. [National Catholic Reporter] Reference
The shell closed and fused into a seamless oblate. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
Or elliptical reasoning, or oblate spheroidal reasoning. From Wordnik.com. [A useful link to use when confronted with the circularity argument - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
He came back with a handful of dark green oblate leaves, chewing something. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
All panes of glass containing these oblate spheroidal knots familiarly known as. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858] Reference
The Earth is not a perfect sphere, but an oblate spheroid flattened at the poles. From Wordnik.com. [June 19, 240 B.C.: The Earth Is Round, and It's This Big] Reference
'Had we accepted the boy as an oblate, his keep and all else would be for us to bear. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Novice]
Did you know that both prolate and oblate ellipsoids pack more efficiently than spheres?. From Wordnik.com. [The Future of Theoretical Cosmology] Reference
A gigantic planet that seethed with gasses, too huge to support itself, oblate in consequence. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
Peter took off the baseball hat, and the oblate consented to lift the lid for a brief viewing. From Wordnik.com. [The Season of the Machete]
The barrel full of the oblate little candies made Chaikin think about how well they packed in. From Wordnik.com. [02.04] Reference
The Canada Pumpkin is of an oblate form, inclining to conic; and is deeply and regularly ribbed. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
It is easily understood that on an oblate spheroid our degrees of longitude must be shorter than on a sphere. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
The ergosphere is an oblate spheroid region outside of the event horizon, where objects cannot remain stationary. From Wordnik.com. [the atomic uni-verse] Reference
Jupiter could be seen, a thin gold crescent and the rest of the oblate disc a coalsack faintly rimmed with light. From Wordnik.com. [Three Worlds To Conquer]
This is a very small variety of the Early Silver-skin, with a small, occasionally roundish, but generally oblate bulb. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
The figure of the Earth is that of an oblate spheroid; it is slightly flattened at the poles and bulges at the equator. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
This accordance of the mathematicians of France with those of China was another powerful reason for believing in the oblate spheroid. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Through countless thousands of years wind and wave have planed and scoured the planet Trenco to a geometrically perfect oblate spheroid. From Wordnik.com. [Galactic Patrol]
Let his father know that in a few years 'time the boy will be welcome, as a pupil in our school, but not as an oblate entering the order. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Novice]
STEPHEN: (TURNS) Eh? (HE DISENGAGES HIMSELF) Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange?. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
I stopped halfway up at the oblate cemetery to look back at the view, peering through the line of trees to make out the familiar buildings. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
"But in what consists, precisely, the part of an oblate?". From Wordnik.com. [En Route] Reference
"Brother Simeon is an angelic being," replied the oblate. From Wordnik.com. [En Route] Reference
Going down into the court with the oblate Durtal exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [En Route] Reference
"That means they are going to kill him soon," said the oblate. From Wordnik.com. [En Route] Reference
"We will go for a walk to-day," said the oblate, rubbing his hands. From Wordnik.com. [En Route] Reference
"And this proves that your conversion is good," affirmed the oblate. From Wordnik.com. [En Route] Reference
"Such, in few words, is the history of the convent," said the oblate. From Wordnik.com. [En Route] Reference
"Then if you will come with me," replied the oblate, addressing Durtal. From Wordnik.com. [En Route] Reference
The tremendous speed also gives Achemar a distinct oblate spheroid shape. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]
All panes of glass containing those oblate spheroidal knots familiarly known as. From Wordnik.com. [Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories] Reference
"But here we are," said the oblate; "excuse me, I will go first to show you the way.". From Wordnik.com. [En Route] Reference
The earth is not quite a perfect sphere-it is slightly oblate-but it is almost perfect. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The oblate opened a small door, and the lay brother, all bent, lifted his head with difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [En Route] Reference
Mr. Murphy invites attention and objection to some assertions, as that the earth is prolate, not oblate. From Wordnik.com. [A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)] Reference
At Paris you imagine that the earth is shaped like a melon, or of an oblique figure; at London it has an oblate one. From Wordnik.com. [Letters on England] Reference
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