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oblatum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
obla-tum
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis.

adj

Submitted for publication; especially, of academic articles, submitted for peer review before publication.

Etymology

From Late Latin oblātus (oblatus), from Latin ob (“in front of, before”) + lātus (“broad, wide”), (modelled after and contrasting with prolatus (“extended, lengthened”)).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: oblātus, ob, oblātum

Inflected Forms

oblata (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

oblongum

Questions

What does oblatum mean?
An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis.
Where does oblatum come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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