oblateness

Definitions of oblateness
  1. noun
    the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles
    “the oblateness of the planet”
    synonyms: ellipticity
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    type of:
    bulginess, roundedness
    the property possessed by a rounded convexity
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