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prolate

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prolate
having a polar diameter of greater length than the equatorial diameter

prolate [′prō‚lāt]
(science and technology)
Pertaining to a body that is extended or elongated in the direction of an axis of symmetry.


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A few stars now had pierced the blue, and in the east there shone brightly a prolate moon.
 
 
 
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