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PROLATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rounded like an egg
Synonyms:
egg-shaped; elliptic; elliptical; oval; oval-shaped; ovate; oviform; ovoid; prolate
Classified under:
Similar:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
Example:
a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis
Synonyms:
prolate; watermelon-shaped
Classified under:
Similar:
cucumber-shaped (shaped like a cucumber)
Also:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
Antonym:
oblate (having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb prolate
