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prolate

/'proʊleɪt/

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adjective
having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
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"a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis"

Similar:

watermelon-shaped cucumber-shaped

Opposite:

oblate
adjective
rounded like an egg
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Similar:

egg-shaped elliptic elliptical oval oval-shaped ovate oviform ovoid rounded

Examples of prolate

"a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis"