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prolate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 {spheroid} (Geom.), a figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. See {Ellipsoid of revolution}, under {Ellipsoid}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prolate \Pro*late"\, v. t. To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] ``Foun-der-ed; prolate it right.'' --B. Jonson From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prolate adj 1: 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}] 2: rounded like an egg [syn: {egg-shaped}, {elliptic}, {elliptical}, {oval}, {ovate}, {oviform}, {ovoid}]
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