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Prolate

🔄 Synonyms of "Prolate"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
ellipticnoun	(geometry) Of or pertaining to an ellipse.
ovatenoun	Shaped like an egg.
ovoidnoun	Shaped like an oval.
rounded	Complete or balanced.
ellipticalnoun	In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval.
oviform	egg-shaped
egg-shaped	Having the shape of an egg.
watermelon-shaped	having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
ovalnoun	An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.

↔️ Antonyms of "Prolate"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
oblatenoun	Flattened or depressed at the poles.
pumpkin-shaped	having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Prolate"

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Word	Definition
ovalnoun	An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
ovoidnoun	Shaped like an oval.
ellipticalnoun	In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval.
ovatenoun	Shaped like an egg.
ellipticnoun	(geometry) Of or pertaining to an ellipse.
rounded	Complete or balanced.
oviform	egg-shaped
egg-shaped	Having the shape of an egg.
watermelon-shaped	having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
spheroidalnoun	Like a spheroid; roughly spherical.
spheroidnoun	Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.
cycloidnoun	(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.
ellipsoidnoun	(mathematics, geometry) A surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (including the sphere), that generalises the ellipse and in Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z) is a quadric with equation x²/a² + y²/b² + z²/c² = 1.
ellipsoidsnoun	(mathematics, geometry) A surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (including the sphere), that generalises the ellipse and in Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z) is a quadric with equation x²/a² + y²/b² + z²/c² = 1.
spheroidsnoun	A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.
oblatenoun	(Roman Catholicism) A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
oblong	Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.
superelongated	elongated by superelongation
gyroelongated	(geometry) Of a polyhedron, having been elongated by placing an antiprism in the middle of the polyhedron.
subellipsoidal	Somewhat ellipsoidal.