Associations to the word «Prolate»
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Wiktionary
PROLATE, adjective. Elongated at the poles.
PROLATE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To utter; to pronounce.
Dictionary definition
PROLATE, adjective. Having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis".
PROLATE, adjective. Rounded like an egg.
Wise words
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.