prolate

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Elongated at the poles

A cigar is a prolate spheroid.

{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"
To utter; to pronounce
prolate cycloid
a cycloid generated by a point outside the rolling circle
prolate

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    pro·late

    Zıt anlamlılar

    oblate

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    Etimoloji

    [ 'prO-"lAt ] (adjective.) 1694. From Latin prolatum, past participle of proferre (“to extend, lengthen”)