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Prolate spheroid
(gcide) | Spheroid \Sphe"roid\, n. [L. spheroides ball-like, spherical,
Gr. ???; ???? sphere + e'i^dos form: cf. F. sph['e]ro["i]de.]
A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly
spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an
ellipse about one of its axes.
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Oblate spheroid, Prolate spheroid. See Oblate,
Prolate, and Ellipsoid.
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Prolate spheroid
(gcide) | Prolate \Pro"late\, a. [L. prolatus, used as p. p. of proferre
to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus, p. p. See Pro-, and
Tolerate. ]
Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the
direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate
spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.
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Prolate cycloid. See the Note under Cycloid.
Prolate ellipsoid or Prolate spheroid (Geom.), a figure
generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major
axis. Contrasted with oblate spheroid. See {Ellipsoid of
revolution}, under Ellipsoid.
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