Prolate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its longer axis.
  • adj. Having the polar axis longer than the equatorial diameter: a prolate spheroid.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Elongated at the poles.
  • v. To utter; to pronounce.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; ; -- opposed to oblate.
  • v. To utter; to pronounce.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To utter, especially in a drawling manner; lengthen in pronunciation or sound.
  • Lengthened along one direction. A prolate spheroid is produced by the revolution of a semi-ellipse about its larger diameter. See oblate.
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  • adj. having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
  • adj. rounded like an egg
    • Equivalent
    cucumber-shaped    rounded    prolate spheroid   
    Antonym
    oblate   
    Cross Reference
    prolate cycloid   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    utter    pronounce   
     
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