oblateness

  • 81eccentricity — n. 1. Deviation from circularity, ellipticity, oblateness, flatness, flattening. 2. Distance from centre to focus. 3. Irregularity, peculiarity, oddness, oddity, singularity, waywardness, strangeness, aberration …

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  • 82g —    1. see standard gravity    2. see grav    3. see gram    4. see gon    5. g    a symbol for the average acceleration produced by gravity at the Earth s surface (sea level). The actual acceleration of gravity varies from place to place,… …

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  • 83bulginess — noun the property possessed by a rounded convexity • Syn: ↑roundedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑bulgy, ↑rounded (for: ↑roundedness) • Hypernyms: ↑convexit …

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  • 84pumpkin-shaped — adjective having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles • Syn: ↑oblate • Ant: ↑prolate (for: ↑oblate) • See Also: ↑rounded …

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  • 85roundedness — noun the property possessed by a rounded convexity • Syn: ↑bulginess • Derivationally related forms: ↑bulgy (for: ↑bulginess), ↑rounded • Hypernyms: ↑convexity, ↑ …

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