obloid

Spanish translation: esferoide oblato

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English term or phrase:obloid
Spanish translation:esferoide oblato
Entered by: mediamatrix (X)

20:23 Nov 11, 2011
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English term or phrase: obloid
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Gabriel R (X)
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esferoide oblato
Explanation:
An 'obloid' is more-properly called an 'oblate spheroid' (flattened sphere, like the Earth). Compare:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblate_spheroid
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esferoide_oblato
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 00:02
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4 +3esferoide oblato
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definition of "obloid"
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esferoide oblato


Explanation:
An 'obloid' is more-properly called an 'oblate spheroid' (flattened sphere, like the Earth). Compare:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblate_spheroid
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esferoide_oblato

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 00:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 120
Grading comment
gracias!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  evelyn beltrán
23 mins

agree  David Gómez
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agree  Eli Sears
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Reference: definition of "obloid"

Reference information:
Urban Dictionary: ***obloid
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=obloid
17 Dec 2006 – A three-dimensional object resembling a 2 dimensional oblong (or ellipsoidal shape)***.

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  evelyn beltrán
5 mins
neutral  Jennifer Levey: Very misleading: an 'oblong' is a 4-cornered plane shape (like a rectangle) and an ellipsoid is already in 3D (and different to an 'obloid').
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