prolate
Meaning of prolate
adjective
(of a spheroid) lengthened in the direction of a polar diameter.
late 17th century: from Latin prolatus ‘carried forward’, past participle of proferre ‘prolong’, from pro- ‘forward’ + ferre ‘carry’.
Information about prolate
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of prolate is: prolates.
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Hyphenation of prolate
pro-late
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- prolate is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
prolate synonyms
Meaning egg-shaped:
elliptic, elliptical, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid
Anagrams of prolate
Words that rhyme with prolate
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