prolate spheroid

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prolate spheroid [′prō‚lāt ′sfir‚ȯid]

(mathematics)

The ellipsoid or surface obtained by revolving an ellipse about one of its axes so that the equatorial circle has a diameter less than the length of the axis of revolution. Also known as prolate ellipsoid.

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No references found			Our most likely prolate spheroid is depicted in Fig. A stereological unfolding method for the study of the mitochondrial ... by Flynn, Daniel Christopher; Nulton, James Darwin; Salamon, Peter; Frey, Terrence Gene; Rabinovitch, A / Image Analysis and Stereology It is a prolate spheroid in which the outer leather casing is drawn tightly over a somewhat smaller rubber tubing. Honor roll of history's quotable quotes by McManus, John F. / The New American He'd tell you it's more like a fully inflated prolate spheroid. THE WRITING ON (AND OFF) THE WALL PHYSICS WITH PIGSKINS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			Prokopii Bogdanovich Voznitsyn Prokopii Chirin Prokopii Ivanovich Chirin Prokopii Liapunov Prokopii Petrovich Liapunov Prokopii Voznitsyn Prokopiuk, Nikolai Prokopiuk, Nikolai Arkhipovich Prokopovich, Feofan Prokopovich, Sergei Prokopovich, Sergei Nikolaevich Prokopyevsk Prokoshkin, Iurii Prokoshkin, Iurii Dmitrievich Prolacertiformes Prolactin prolamellar body Prolamin Prolan prolapse prolapsed bedding Prolapsus of the Rectum prolate prolate cycloid prolate ellipsoid prolate spheroid prolate spheroidal coordinate system Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky, The Proletarians Proletarians of all Countries, Unite! Proletariat Proletariatis Brdzola Proletarii Proletarsk Proletarskaia Revoliutsiia Proletarskii Proletarskoe Proletarskoe Reservoir Proletkult Proliferation proliferative arthritis Proliferous Buds Prolification Prolificness Proline prolinemia PROLOG Prolog++ Prolog-2 Prolog-D-Linda Prolog-II			prolapsed bedding Prolapsed cord prolapsed hemorrhoid prolapsed hemorrhoid prolapsed hemorrhoid prolapsed intervertebral disc Prolapsed Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Prolapsed of Intervertebral Disc Prolapsed Rectum prolapsed ureterocele Prolapsed uterus prolapses prolapses prolapses prolapsing prolapsing prolapsing Prolapsion prolapsus prolapsus prolapsus Prolapsus of the Rectum Prolastin prolate prolate prolate cycloid prolate cycloid prolate cycloid Prolate ellipsoid Prolate ellipsoid prolate spheroid Prolate Spheroidal Antenna prolate spheroidal coordinate system Prolate Spheroidal Wave Function prolate spheroids prolate spheroids prolate spheroids prolate spheroids Prolate-Spheroidal Monopole Antenna prolately prolately prolateness prolateness prolatio Prolation Prolatum Prolcus Prolcus prole prole prole ProLease proleg Prolegate prolegomena Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics Prolegomenary prolegomenon prolegomenous Prolegs Prolekult

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