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prolate a. 扁長的,擴展的,延長的 扁長的,擴展的,延長的 prolate adj 1: having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; " a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis" [ synonym: { prolate}, { watermelon- shaped}] [ ant: { oblate}, { pumpkin- shaped}] 2: rounded like an egg [ synonym: { egg- shaped}, { elliptic}, { elliptical}, { oval}, { oval- shaped}, { ovate}, { oviform}, { ovoid}, { prolate}] Prolate \ Pro" late\, a. [ L. prolatus, used as p. p. of proferre to bring forth, to extend; pro latus, p. p. See { Pro-}, and { Tolerate}. ] Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to { oblate}. [ 1913 Webster] { Prolate cycloid}. See the Note under { Cycloid}. { Prolate ellipsoid} or { Prolate spheroid} ( Geom.), a figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. Contrasted with { oblate spheroid}. See { Ellipsoid of revolution}, under { Ellipsoid}. [ 1913 Webster]
Prolate \ Pro* late"\, v. t. To utter; to pronounce. [ Obs.] " Foun- der- ed; prolate it right." -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster]
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