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Definition of Oblately
1. elliptically [adv] - See also: elliptically
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oblately
Literary usage of Oblately
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Mesmerism and Psychology by William Fishbough, John B. Newman, John Bovee Dods, Joseph W. Haddock (1874)
"... the brothers and sisters of the same planetary family have the same, or a
similar, origin—especially as they have the same oblately spheroidal form, ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1889)
"(1) Most of the larger stones examined were nearly spherical in shape, with only
a slight tendency to an oblately spheroidal shape. ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1885)
"... figured by Mr. James Dairon in the ' Trans. Geol. Soc. Glasgow,' vol. vii.
part 1, 1883, pi. 7, f. 32. There is a somewhat similar oblately circular ..."
4. Bulletin by Natural History Society of New Brunswick (1902)
"oblately orbicular. Valves evenly rounded from the centre, except that the borders
are ... A rather large species with oblately oval valves, thick, horny, ..."
5. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1885)
"... which is subcircular or oblately circular (that is, transversely oval, with
a broad elliptical contour). It is rather convex ; the sutural lino remains ..."
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