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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter;
- Example: "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis"
[syn: prolate, watermelon-shaped]

2. rounded like an egg;
[syn: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prolate \Pro*late"\, v. t.
   To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] "Foun-der-ed; prolate it
   right." --B. Jonson.
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