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prolate::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | watermelon-shaped |
a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid |
Examples of prolate
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The ellipsoid is oblate or prolate as c is less than or greater than a.
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The shape of an egg resembles a prolate spheroid with one end larger than the other end.
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Grapes are typically an ellipsoid shape resembling a prolate spheroid.
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The effect is even more evident under a vaulted roof shaped as a section of a prolate spheroid.
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Football means a pigskinned prolate spheroid.
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Although the term egg-shaped usually implies a lack of reflection symmetry across the equatorial plane, it may also refer to true prolate ellipsoids.
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Teams advance across the field through the execution of quick, distinct plays, which involve the possession of a brown, prolate spheroid ball with ends tapered to a point.
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The prolate spheroid is generated by rotation about the Oz axis of an ellipse with semi-major axis c and semi-minor axis a, therefore e may again be identified as the eccentricity.
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If the circle is replaced by an ellipse, and rotated about the major axis, the shape becomes a prolate spheroid, rotated about the minor axis, an oblate spheroid.
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- Having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis"
- Egg-shaped: rounded like an egg
- Prolates is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
- Prolation is a term used in the theory of medieval music to describe its rhythmic structure on a small scale. The term is derived from the Latin prolatio, first used by Philippe de Vitry in describing Ars Nova, a musical style that came about in 14th-century France.
- Elongated at the poles
- (prolation) Speaking, utterance, the producing of words or speech; The relative time value of a minim to a semibreve in mediaeval music; Production, bringing forth; The production or emission of the logos or divine word
