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Prolate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Extended beyond the line of an exact sphere. A prolate spheriod is produced by the revolution of a semi-ellipsis about its larger diameter.

Prolate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To utter; to pronounce. [Not used.]

Prolate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.

Prolate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To utter; to pronounce.