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adjective
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
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Prolate
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| prolate (ˈprəʊleɪt) | |
| —adj | |
| Compare oblate having a polar diameter of greater length than the equatorial diameter | |
| [C17: from Latin prōferre to enlarge] | |
| 'prolately | |
| —adv | |
| 'prolateness | |
| —n | |
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