Defenition of the word prolate
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Defenition of the word prolate
- rounded like an egg
- having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis"
- having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
Synonyms for the word prolate
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- egg-shaped
- elliptic
- elliptical
- oval
- ovate
- oviform
- ovoid
- watermelon-shaped
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