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Prolate

adjective
1.
Having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter.  Synonym: watermelon-shaped.  Antonym: oblate.
2.
Rounded like an egg.  Synonyms: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid.



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"Prolate" Quotes from Famous Books



... of other men who share his illusion; and the company of them take arms against the opposing faction, which is confirmed in the belief that the ball is egg-shaped, that the bulge, in fact, is not "oblate" but "prolate." ...
— H. G. Wells • J. D. Beresford


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