prolate

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɹəʊ.leɪt/, /pɹəʊˈleɪt/

Adjective

prolate

1. Elongated at the poles.

   A cigar is a prolate spheroid.

Antonyms

• oblate

Related terms

• proffer

Verb

prolate (prolates, present participle prolating; past and past participle prolated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To utter; to pronounce.
   • 1629, Ben Jonson, The New Inn

     Prolate it right.

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