Prolate

/ˈpɹəʊ.leɪt/

Synonyms for "prolate" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)

Strong matches (5)

Adjective(5 words)
elongatedelongated ellipsoidelongated spheroidovaloval-shaped

Related words (7)

Related word relations

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More general

4 entries
ellipsoidmorphologyshapethree dimensional form

More specific

3 entries
axisymmetric ellipsoidprolate ellipsoidprolate spheroid

Collocations

6 entries
axial elongationellipsoid of revolutionmajor axisprolate deformationprolate ellipsoidprolate spheroid

Inflections

3 entries
more prolatemost prolateprolates

Derivations

1 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

2 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A cigar is a prolate spheroid.

Source: wiktionary

Prolate it right.

Source: wiktionary

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