Prolate
Pronunciation : Pro"late
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. prolatus, used as p. p. of proferre to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus, p. p. See Pro-, and Tolerate. ]
Definition : Defn: Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate. Prolate cycloid. See the Note under Cycloid. -- Prolate ellipsoid or spheroid (Geom.), a figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Pro*late"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] "Foun-der-ed; prolate it right." B. Jonson.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913