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Webster 1913 Edition

Prolate

Pro′late

,
Adj.
[L.
prolatus
, used as p. p. of
proferre
to bring forth, to extend;
pro + latus
, p. p. See
Pro-
, and
Tolerate
. ]
Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles;
as, a
prolate
spheroid
; – opposed to
oblate
.
Prolate cycloid
.
See the Note under
Cycloid
.
–
Prolate ellipsoid
or
Prolate spheroid
(Geom.)
, a figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. Contrasted with
oblate spheroid
. See
Ellipsoid of revolution
, under
Ellipsoid
.

Pro-late′

,
Verb.
T.
To utter; to pronounce.
[Obs.]
“Foun-der-ed; prolate it right.”
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prolate

PROLA'TE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. prolatum, profero.]
To utter; to pronounce. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

prolate

prolate

English

Adjective

prolate ‎(comparative more prolate, superlative most prolate)

  1. Elongated at the poles.
    A cigar is a prolate spheroid.

Antonyms

See also

Verb

prolate ‎(third-person singular simple present prolates, present participle prolating, simple past and past participle prolated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To utter; to pronounce.
    • Ben Jonson
      Prolate it right.

Latin

Participle

prōlāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of prōlātus

Etymology

From Latin prolatum, past participle of proferre ‎(“to extend, lengthen”).

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