Prolate

[prәuleit]

解釋/意思:

(adj.) having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; 'a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis' .

錄入:露西--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.

(v. t.) To utter; to pronounce.

校對:谢尔比

解釋/意思:

adj. extended lengthwise: having the diameter between the poles longer than at right angles to it as a spheroid.—ns. Prolāte′ness Prolā′tion a bringing forth: pronunciation: delay: (mus.) a division.

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