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Elongated, as a spheroid
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prolate
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Word definitions for prolate in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prolate \Pro*late"\, v. t. To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] ``Foun-der-ed; prolate it right.'' --B. Jonson.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
elongate at the poles. v (context obsolete transitive English) To utter; to pronounce.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis" [syn: watermelon-shaped ] [ant: oblate ] rounded like an egg [syn: egg-shaped , elliptic , elliptical , oval ...
Usage examples of prolate.
The best condoms in the world are packaged in a blue plastic cylinder, squared off along the prolate axis, about the size of a small matchbox.
The nearly spherical ball of Liaoning, slightly prolate, showed more and more clearly against the ubiquitous milky background.
This same tidal force had earlier locked Jinx's rotation to Primary and forced the moon into an egg shape, a prolate spheroid.