Oblate (religion) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An oblate in Christian monasticism (especially Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican) is a person who is specifically dedicated to God or to God's service. Currently, oblate has two meanings: ...
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Spheroid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A spheroid is a quadric surface obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with two equal semi-diameters. If the ellipse is rotated about its major...
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(called an oblate ellipsoid by Tietze 1965, p. 27). An oblate spheroid is a surface of revolution obtained by rotating an ellipse about its minor axis ...
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The geodesic on an oblate spheroid can be computed analytically, although the resulting expression is much more unwieldy than for a simple sphere. ...
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Oblate Spheroid; The true shape of the Earth called an Oblate Spheroid. The term "Oblate" refers to it's slightly oblong appearance. The term "Spheroid" means that it is almost a sphere, but not quite. One of the most important things to remember about the Earth's shape is that it is only very slightly oblate.
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Chairing a session at a scientific meeting has its advantages and disadvantages. One of the major disadvantages is that you miss out on a half day’s worth of talks (at least, you do at GSA, where the sessions last a ... Being a chair (or co-chair in my case) has its advantages, ... In fact, it seemed like everything was new,
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[This is an announcement I'll be sending out shortly to a number of sites. I believe Kyle has posted it to his blog. I'm not sure whether Ron (blogs here and here and here) has done ... We are pleased to announce a pair of sessions at the 2009 GSA meeting in Portland, ... Abstract submission for the topical session is now open.
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A flattened sphere. More formally, an oblate spheroid is a surface of revolution obtained by revolving an ellipse about its minor axis. ... Note: The earth is shaped like an oblate spheroid.
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This depression, crack, or rift in the Earth's crust created by a volcano named Dabbahu, located in the northern part of Ethiopia, formed when it began to erupt and push magma up through the landscape, effectively unzipping a large portion of this Oblate Spheroid in just days.
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