PROLATE
elliptic, egg-shaped, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate
(adjective) rounded like an egg
prolate, watermelon-shaped
(adjective) having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; “a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
prolate (comparative more prolate, superlative most prolate)
Elongated at the poles.
Antonyms
• oblate
Verb
prolate (third-person singular simple present prolates, present participle prolating, simple past and past participle prolated)
(obsolete, transitive) To utter; to pronounce.
Anagrams
• La Porte, LaPorte, Laporte, Platero, Portela, patrole
Source: Wiktionary
Pro"late, a. Etym: [L. prolatus, used as p. p. of proferre to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus, p. p. See Pro-, and Tolerate. ]
Definition: 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.
Definition: To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] "Foun-der-ed; prolate it right." B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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