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Definition of prolata in Spanish English dictionary
- prolate
- {v} to pronounce, say, utter
- {a} lengthened at two opposit points
- Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; opposed to oblate
- {s} elongated at the poles, lengthened along the polar axis (Mathematics)
- having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis
- 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"
- Elongated at the poles
- To utter; to pronounce