Prolate

[prәuleit]

Definition

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

Checker: Lucy--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Typist: Shelby

Definition

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.

Typed by Frank