prolate

(prō'lāt')
adj.

1. Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its longer axis.
2. Having the polar axis longer than the equatorial diameter: a prolate spheroid.

[Latin prōlātus, past participle of prōferre, to stretch out : prō-, forth; see pro-¹ + lātus, brought.]

prolately pro'late'ly adv.
prolateness pro'late'ness n.

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1. having a polar diameter longer than the equatorial diameter.
2. describing an ellipsoid of rotation generated by the rotation of an ellipse about its major axis. Compare oblate.

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• Dimensions and Directions - prolate: (adj) extended in line joining the poles
• Shapes - prolate: (adj) elongated in direction of a line joining poles

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - langstrakt

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitgerekt

Français (French)
adj. - étiré, allongé (forme sphéroïde), en forme de cigare

Deutsch (German)
adj. - sich ausbreitend, weit verbreitet

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επιμήκης, προμήκης, εκτεινόμενος κατά τους πόλους

Italiano (Italian)
esteso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - alongado na direção dos pólos (Geom.), divulgado

Русский (Russian)
удлиненный, продолговатый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - prolato

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - utbredd, utdragen vid polerna (geom.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
扁长的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 扁長的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 편장한, (폭이) 퍼진

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 扁長の, 叙述補助の
v. - 長く発音する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متطاول وبخاصه في إتجاه خط يربط القطبين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מוארך, גודל לרוחב, מפוזר בהיקף נרחב‬

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