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prolate cycloid
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Prolate cycloid
(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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prolate cycloid
(wn) | prolate cycloid
n 1: a cycloid generated by a point outside the rolling circle |
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Prolate cycloid
(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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