Prolate Definition

prōlāt
adjective
Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its longer axis.
American Heritage
Extended or elongated at the poles.
A prolate spheroid.
Webster's New World
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verb

(obsolete) To utter; to pronounce.

Wiktionary

Origin of Prolate

  • Latin prōlātus past participle of prōferre to stretch out prō- forth pro–1 lātus brought telə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin prolatum, past participle of proferre (“to extend, lengthen")

    From Wiktionary

Prolate Sentence Examples

  • The cases of greatest practical importance are those of a sphere (which is an ellipsoid with three equal axes) and an ovoid or prolate ellipsoid of revolution.

  • An experiment was devised by Lord Kelvin for demonstrating this, in which the difference of steadiness was shown of a copper shell filled with liquid and spun gyroscopically, according as the shell was slightly oblate or prolate.

  • In the extreme case when e=1, the prolate ellipsoid becomes a long thin rod, and then the capacity is given by C 1 = a/log e 2a/b (io), which is identical with the formula (2) already obtained.

  • The name cycloid is now restricted to the curve described when the tracing-point is on the circumference of the circle; if the point is either within or without the circle the curves are generally termed trochoids, but they are also known as the prolate and curtate cycloids respectively.

  • Another group are prolate, having the major axis horizontal, usually.

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