"Prolate" Examples
1.
Very long or tending to be very long.
- The document, though officially called "brief," was surprisingly prolate and wore out after just a few readings.
2.
Having a prolonged or elongated shape.
- Astronomical observations have shown that the prolate spheroid shape of a white dwarf star allows us to determine its precise mass and radius.
3.
Extended or carried out over a long time.
- Isotopic analysis suggests that the tree rings are quite prolate, having formed over about 150 years, compared to the typical 100-year lifespan of a similar tree.
4.
(Technical) Pertaining to something being rounded or projection of free end swelled and thickened.
- At the interface of the intertwining coils, the quartz would form a prolate shape as stated, on overcoiling. Due to electrostatic attraction, disorienting many domains.
5.
Of or relating to a solid formed in a prolate shape.
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