GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Prolate , 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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   Prolate , v. t. To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] “Foun-der-ed; prolate it right.” 
   B. Jonson.
   
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