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Prolate

PROLA'TE, v.t. [L. prolatum, profero.] To utter; to pronounce. [Not used.] PRO'LATE, a. [supra.] Extended beyond the line of an exact sphere. A prolate spheriod is produced by the revolution of a semi-ellipsis...

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PROLA'TE, v.t. [L. prolatum, profero.]

To utter; to pronounce. [Not used.]

PRO'LATE, a. [supra.] Extended beyond the line of an exact sphere. A prolate spheriod is produced by the revolution of a semi-ellipsis about its larger diameter.

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