prolate

Adjective
Synonyms: watermelon-shapedegg-shapedellipticellipticalovaloval-shapedovateoviformovoid

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter“a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis”Synonyms: watermelon-shaped
  2. rounded like an eggSynonyms: egg-shapedellipticellipticalovaloval-shapedovateoviformovoid
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Prolate \Pro"late\, a. [L. prolatus, used as p. p. of proferre to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus, p. p. See Pro-, and Tolerate. ] Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate. [1913 Webster]

Prolate cycloid. See the Note under Cycloid.

Prolate ellipsoid or Prolate spheroid (Geom.), a figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. Contrasted with oblate spheroid. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid. [1913 Webster]

Prolate \Pro*late"\, v. t. To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] "Foun-der-ed; prolate it right." --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
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