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prolate |
Grep of noun prolate prolate cycloid Overview of adj prolate The adj prolate has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. prolate, watermelon-shaped -- (having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis") 2. egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate -- (rounded like an egg) Antonyms of adj prolate 2 senses of prolate Sense 1 prolate (vs. oblate), watermelon-shaped oblate (vs. prolate), pumpkin-shaped Sense 2 egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate INDIRECT (VIA rounded) -> angular, angulate Similarity of adj prolate 2 senses of prolate Sense 1 prolate (vs. oblate), watermelon-shaped Also See-> rounded#1 Sense 2 egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate => rounded (vs. angular) Attributes of adj prolate Familiarity of adj prolate prolate used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj prolate prolate Overview of adj prolate The adj prolate has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. prolate, watermelon-shaped -- (having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis") 2. egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate -- (rounded like an egg)
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