different between prolate vs oblongum

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p???.le?t/, /p????le?t/

Adjective

prolate (comparative more prolate, superlative most prolate)

1. Elongated at the poles.

   A cigar is a prolate spheroid.

Translations

Antonyms

• oblate

Related terms

• proffer

See also

• equidimensional

Verb

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

1. (obsolete, transitive) To utter; to pronounce.
   • 1629, Ben Jonson, The New Inn

     Prolate it right.

Anagrams

• La Porte, LaPorte, Laporte, Platero, Portela, patrole

Latin

Participle

pr?l?te

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?l?tus

English

Noun

oblongum (plural oblonga)

1. (geometry, archaic) A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis.

Latin

Adjective

oblongum

1. nominative neuter singular of oblongus
2. accusative masculine singular of oblongus
3. accusative neuter singular of oblongus
4. vocative neuter singular of oblongus