prolate

English

Etymology

From Latin prolatum, past participle of proferre (“to extend, lengthen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.leɪt/, /pɹəʊˈleɪt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Adjective

prolate (comparative more prolate, superlative most prolate)

1. Elongated at the poles.

   A cigar is a prolate spheroid.

Antonyms

• oblate

Related terms

• proffer

Translations

Elongated at the poles

• Bulgarian: удължен (bg) (udǎlžen)
• French: oblong (fr)

See also

• equidimensional

Verb

prolate (third-person singular simple present prolates, present participle prolating, simple past and past participle prolated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To utter; to pronounce.
   • 1629 (first performance), B[en] Jonson, The New Inne. Or, The Light Heart. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorne, […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Prolate it right.

Anagrams

• Poltera, patrole, Laporte, La Porte, Portela, Platero, LaPorte

Latin

Participle

prōlāte

1. vocative masculine singular of prōlātus