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Webster 1913 Edition


Oblongum

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Ob-lon′gum

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Oblonga
(#)
.
[NL. See
Oblong
.]
(Geom.)
A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf.
Oblatum
, and see
Ellipsoid of revolution
, under
Ellipsoid
.