prolate

prolate is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.
2. transitive verb. To utter; to pronounce.
3. adjective. rounded like an egg

   Synonyms: elliptic, elliptical, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid

4. adjective. having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter

   "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis"

Synonyms

elliptic, elliptical, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in prolate:

patrole

Common word forms

prolately, prolateness

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