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prolate

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prolate in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. rounded like an egg
    egg-shaped  elliptic  elliptical  oval  oval-shaped  ovate  oviform  ovoid  prolate 
  2. having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
    "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis"
    prolate  watermelon-shaped 
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