prolate

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adjective

1. having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
- a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis
• Syn:
watermelon-shaped
• Ant:
oblate
• Similar to:
cucumber-shaped
• See Also:
rounded
2. rounded like an egg
• Syn:
egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped,
ovate, oviform, ovoid
• Similar to:
rounded
• Derivationally related forms:
ovoid (for: ovoid), oval (for: oval), ellipse (for: elliptical), ellipse (for: elliptic), ellipticity (for: elliptic)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, watermelon-shaped
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  oblate, pumpkin-shaped