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adj
Submitted for publication; especially, of academic articles, submitted for peer review before publication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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History
From Latin oblātum, past participle of offerō (“bring to, offer”), from ob (“in front of”) + ferō (“bring”). Compare oblate.
From Late Latin oblātus (oblatus), from Latin ob (“in front of, before”) + lātus (“broad, wide”), (modelled after and contrasting with prolatus (“extended, lengthened”)).
