Definition of Prolete
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.
Prolate cycloid. See the Note under
Cycloid. -- Prolate ellipsoid or
spheroid (Geom.), a figure generated by
the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. See Ellipsoid of
revolution, under Ellipsoid.
Pro*late" (?), v. t. To utter; to
pronounce. [Obs.] "Foun-der-ed; prolate it right." B.
Jonson.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Elongated at the poles; as, a cigar is a prolate spheroid.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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