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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PROLATE
v.t.[L. prolatum, profero.] To utter; to pronounce. [Not used. ]
PROLATE
a.[supra. ] Extended beyond the line of an exact sphere. A prolate spheriod is produced by the revolution of a semi-ellipsis about its larger diameter.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PROLATE
Pro "late, a. Etym: [L. prolatus, used as p. p. of proferre to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus, p. p. See Pro-, and Tolerate. ]
Defn: 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 spheroid (Geom.), a figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
PROLATE
PROLATE Pro *late ", v. t.
Defn: To utter; to pronounce. [Obs. ] "Foun-der-ed; prolate it right. " B. Jonson.
New American Oxford Dictionary
prolate
pro late |ˈprōˌlāt proʊˈleɪt | ▶adjective Geometry (of a spheroid ) lengthened in the direction of a polar diameter. Often contrasted with oblate 1. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin prolatus ‘carried forward, ’ past participle of proferre ‘prolong, ’ from pro- ‘forward ’ + ferre ‘carry. ’
Oxford Dictionary
prolate
prolate |ˈprəʊleɪt | ▶adjective Geometry (of a spheroid ) lengthened in the direction of a polar diameter. Often contrasted with oblate 1. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin prolatus ‘carried forward ’, past participle of proferre ‘prolong ’, from pro- ‘forward ’ + ferre ‘carry ’.
The Wordsmith Dictionary