PROLATE


Meaning of PROLATE in English

adj.1 Geom. (of a spheroid) lengthened in the direction of a polar diameter (cf. OBLATE(2)).

2 growing or extending in width.

3 widely spread.

4 Gram. PROLATIVE.

Derivatives:

prolately adv.

Etymology: L prolatus past part. of proferre prolong (as PRO-(1), ferre carry)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.