About The Word Prolate
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Prolate
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What's The Definition Of Prolate?
[adj] rounded like an egg
[adj] having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis" Synonyms | Synonyms for Prolate: egg-shaped | elliptic | elliptical | oval | ovate | oviform | ovoid | rounded | watermelon-shaped Related Terms | Find terms related to Prolate: See Also | Prolate In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
\Pro*late"\, v. t. To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] ``Foun-der-ed; prolate it right.'' --B. Jonson. |
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