adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To utter; to pronounce. obsolete, transitive

   "Prolate it right."

Adjective

1. 1
   Elongated at the poles.

   "A cigar is a prolate spheroid."

Adjective

1. 1
   rounded like an egg wordnet
2. 2
   having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

cucumber shapedegg-shapedellipticellipticalovaloval shaped

Antonyms

All antonyms

oblate

Etymology

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

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