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prolate
('pr/oU/l/eI/t
)
adjective (a)
- having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter(adj.all)Example:
A prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis.
source: wordnet30 - Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- rounded like an egg(adj.all)source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- To utter; to pronounce.(verb)source: webster1913