prolate

adj, verb — 2 senses

prolate

adj

/ˈpɹəʊ.leɪt/ · /pɹəʊˈleɪt/

Etymology From Latin prolatum, past participle of proferre (“to extend, lengthen”).

1

Elongated at the poles.

A cigar is a prolate spheroid.

Antonyms: oblate
Derived terms: prolately, prolateness, prolaticity, subprolate
Related terms: proffer, equidimensional

prolate

verb

Etymology From Latin prolatum, past participle of proferre (“to extend, lengthen”).

1

Obsolete To utter; to pronounce.

Prolate it right.1629 (first performance), B[en] Jonson, The New Inne. Or, The Light Heart. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorne, […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

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