意味(日本語)

偏平の、扁球の ◇反対語 prolate、ob(＝towards)

語源

• lat-, fer-, -late : L.latum = to bring(持ってくる)、bear(運ぶ)、L.latumはferoの過去分詞形

意味(英語)

• (adjective) Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.
• (adjective) Having an equatorial diameter greater than the distance between poles; compressed along or flattened at the poles: Planet Earth is an oblate solid.
• (noun) A layperson dedicated to religious life.
• (noun) Roman Catholic Church A member of one of various religious communities for men or women.

例文

• The Church, therefore, in the twelfth century, forbade the dedication of children in this way, and the term oblate has since been taken to mean persons, either lay or cleric, who voluntarily attach themselves to some monastery or order without taking the vows of religious.