What is "oblateness"

Oblateness \Ob*late"ness\, n. The quality or state of being oblate.

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state of being oblate 2 (context countable English) The degree to which something is oblate

n. the property possessed by a rounded shape that is flattened at the poles; "the oblateness of the planet" [syn: ellipticity]