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A Writer's Dictionary:

prolate Definition


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prolate
adj
    1. geom.
      Said of something approximately spherical: more pointed at the poles. Compare oblate.
Derivative: prolately
adverb
    Etymology: 18c: from Latin proferre, prolatum to enlarge.



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