How to pronounce "prolate"

• "prolate" pronounced in English.

Meanings and definitions of "prolate"

Adjective

having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis"

Synonyms:

• prolate
• watermelon-shaped

Adjective

rounded like an egg

Synonyms:

• egg-shaped
• elliptic
• elliptical
• oval
• oval-shaped
• ovate
• oviform
• ovoid
• prolate