Synonyms for "prolate" (12 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

cucumber shaped

Adjective(2 words)

egg-shapedelliptic

Strong matches (3)

Adjective(2 words)

ellipticaloval

oval shaped

Related words (6)

Adjective(5 words)

oval-shapedovateoviformovoidwatermelon-shaped

watermelon shaped

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

oblate

Synonyms

1 entries

oval shaped

Related terms

2 entries

equidimensionalproffer

derived

4 entries

prolatelyprolatenessprolaticitysubprolate

related to

6 entries

elongateequidimensionalpolepronounceroundedutter

similar

3 entries

cucumber shapedcucumber-shapedrounded

Translations

2 translations across 2 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries

• удължен adj (Elongated at the poles)

French

1 entries

• oblong adj (Elongated at the poles)

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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