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Definition of Prolate

Prolate
Prolate 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.
Prolate
Prolate Pro*late", v. t. To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] ``Foun-der-ed; prolate it right.' --B. Jonson.

Meaning of Prolate from wikipedia

- symmetry. If the ellipse is rotated about its major axis, the result is a prolate spheroid, elongated like a rugby ball. The American football is similar...
- A prolate rotator galaxy, or spindle galaxy, is an unusual class of galaxy that is cigar-shaped and rotates around its long axis. A prolate rotator galaxy...
- trochoid is curtate; and if the point is outside the circle, the trochoid is prolate. The word "trochoid" was coined by Gilles de Roberval, referring to the...
- Prolate spheroidal coordinates are a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system that results from rotating the two-dimensional elliptic coordinate...
- The prolate spheroidal wave functions are eigenfunctions of the Laplacian in prolate spheroidal coordinates, adapted to boundary conditions on certain...
- number. The bacterium E. coli is the host for bacteriophage T4 that has a prolate head structure. The bacteriophage encoded gp31 protein appears to be functionally...
- nuclear charge distribution deviates from that of a sphere; that is, the prolate or oblate shape of the nucleus. NQR is a direct observation of the interaction...
- oblate (flattened) and prolate (stretched. In the oblate case θ > 90 ∘ {\displaystyle \theta >90^{\circ }} and in the prolate case θ < 90 ∘ {\displaystyle...
- Oceanography, who suggested that "discrete prolate spheroidal sequences" was a "mouthful". The term "prolates" is equally in current use. This work was...
- Water polo ball Sponge ball Several sports use a ball in the shape of a prolate spheroid: American football. Australian rules football. Canadian football...