Definition:Spheroid/Oblate

Definition

An oblate spheroid is an ellipsoid which is the solid of revolution formed by rotating an ellipse about its minor axis.

Also known as

An oblate spheroid is also known as an oblate ellipsoid.

Also see

• Definition:Prolate Spheroid

• Results about oblate spheroids can be found here.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): ellipsoid
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): ellipsoid