Assertion: ellipsoid | /r/HasProperty | an oblate spheroid
Facets:
value: sufficiently
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: If the third axis is shorter, the ellipsoid is an oblate spheroid; if it is longer, it is a prolate spheroid.
text: The ellipsoid is oblate or prolate as b is less than or greater than a. Ellipsoids of revolution ( spheroid ) with a pair of equal semi-axes () and a distinct third semi-axis () which is an axis of symmetry.
text: If the third axis is shorter, the ellipsoid is an oblate spheroid; if it is longer, it is a prolate spheroid.
text: a = b > c, the ellipsoid is an oblate spheroid (disk-shaped);
text: If the ellipsoid is sufficiently oblate, i.e., ​b⁄ a < ​1⁄ 2 , another class of simple closed geodesics is possible (Klingenberg 1982, §3.5.19).