Prolate Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Prolate

egg-shaped
Having the shape of an egg.
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elliptic
Marked by deliberate obscurity of style or expression.
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elliptical
The definition of elliptical is something that resembles or relates to an ellipse, a plane that intersects a cone.
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oval
Resembling an egg in shape.
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oval-shaped
rounded like an egg
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ovate
(Botany) Shaped like an egg and flat, with the broad end toward the base:
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oviform
Egg-shaped
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ovoid
Egg-shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end; ovate.
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watermelon-shaped
having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
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Antonyms for Prolate

oblate
Having an equatorial diameter greater than the distance between poles; compressed along or flattened at the poles:
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Prolate Sentence Examples

  • The cases of greatest practical importance are those of a sphere (which is an ellipsoid with three equal axes) and an ovoid or prolate ellipsoid of revolution.

  • An experiment was devised by Lord Kelvin for demonstrating this, in which the difference of steadiness was shown of a copper shell filled with liquid and spun gyroscopically, according as the shell was slightly oblate or prolate.

  • In the extreme case when e=1, the prolate ellipsoid becomes a long thin rod, and then the capacity is given by C 1 = a/log e 2a/b (io), which is identical with the formula (2) already obtained.

  • The name cycloid is now restricted to the curve described when the tracing-point is on the circumference of the circle; if the point is either within or without the circle the curves are generally termed trochoids, but they are also known as the prolate and curtate cycloids respectively.

  • Another group are prolate, having the major axis horizontal, usually.

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