Associations to the word «Prolate»

Wiktionary

PROLATE, adjective. Elongated at the poles.
PROLATE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To utter; to pronounce.

Dictionary definition

PROLATE, adjective. Having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis".
PROLATE, adjective. Rounded like an egg.

Wise words

The words of truth are simple.
Aeschylus