Definition of prolate
English to English 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 3.0 - Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.
source: Webster 1913 adjective satellite - rounded like an egg
source: WordNet 3.0 verb - To utter; to pronounce.
source: Webster 1913
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prolate, prelate, perlite, prelateity, prelaty, pearlite, pyralidae, pyralididae, prelude, pyralid, pearly-white, parulidae, paralytic, paralitiko, paraldehyde, paralytical, perlid, pearled, puerility, pearleyed
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