| prolate | 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. <geometry> Prolate ellipsoid or spheroid, a figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid. Origin: L. Prolatus, used as p. P. Of proferre to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus, p. P. See Pro-, and Tolerate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| prolate | rounded like an egg |
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| prolate | having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter |
| prolate | a cycloid generated by a point outside the rolling circle |
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