Crossword clues for prolate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prolate \Pro"late\, a. [L. prolatus, used as p. p. of proferre to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus, p. p. See Pro-, and Tolerate. ] Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.
Prolate cycloid. See the Note under Cycloid.
Prolate ellipsoid or Prolate spheroid (Geom.), a figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. Contrasted with oblate spheroid. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
Prolate \Pro*late"\, v. t.
To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] ``Foun-der-ed; prolate it
right.''
--B. Jonson.
Wiktionary
elongate at the poles. v
(context obsolete transitive English) To utter; to pronounce.
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, ovate, oviform, ovoid]
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.