Oblongum \Ob*lon"gum\, n.; 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |