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prolate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹəʊ.leɪt/
• /pɹəʊˈleɪt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Elongated at the poles.
   • A cigar is a prolate spheroid.

Forms

Antonyms

oblate

Deriveds

prolate spheroid · prolately · prolaticity · subprolate · prolate cycloid · prolateness

Relateds

proffer · equidimensional

Translations (2)

bg удължен (Elongated at the poles) · fr oblong (Elongated at the poles)

prolate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹəʊ.leɪt/
• /pɹəʊˈleɪt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) 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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