prolate

From Latin prolatum, past participle of proferre (“to extend, lengthen”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.leɪt/, /pɹəʊˈleɪt/

prolate (comparative more prolate, superlative most prolate)

1. Elongated at the poles.

   A cigar is a prolate spheroid.

• oblate

• equidimensional

prolate (third-person singular simple present prolates, present participle prolating, simple past and past participle prolated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To utter; to pronounce.
   • Ben Jonson

     Prolate it right.

• Laporte, Platero, Portela, patrole

prōlāte

1. vocative masculine singular of prōlātus