prolate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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" [syn: {prolate},
           {watermelon-shaped}] [ant: {oblate}, {pumpkin-shaped}]
    2: rounded like an egg [syn: {egg-shaped}, {elliptic},
       {elliptical}, {oval}, {oval-shaped}, {ovate}, {oviform},
       {ovoid}, {prolate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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}.
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   {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}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Prolate \Pro*late"\, v. t.
   To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] "Foun-der-ed; prolate it
   right." --B. Jonson.
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