Prolate
/ˈpɹəʊ.leɪt/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To utter; to pronounce. obsolete, transitive
"Prolate it right."
Adjective
- 1 Elongated at the poles.
"A cigar is a prolate spheroid."
Adjective
- 1 rounded like an egg wordnet
- 2 having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter wordnet
Etymology
From Latin prolatum, past participle of proferre (“to extend, lengthen”).