As an adjective prolate
is elongated at the poles.
As a verb prolate
is (obsolete|transitive) to utter; to pronounce.
As a noun oval is
oval.
prolate
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Elongated at the poles.
- A cigar is a prolate spheroid.
Antonyms
* (l)
See also
* (l)
Verb
(
prolat)
(obsolete) To utter; to pronounce.
* Ben Jonson
- Prolate it right.
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oval
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A shape rather like an egg or an ellipse.
A sporting arena etc. of this shape.
Usage notes
* Note: an ellipse is a precise mathematical shape, but an oval is not.
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Having the shape of an oval.
Of or pertaining to an ovum.
- oval conceptions
Derived terms
* ovaline
* ovalish
* ovally
Usage notes
The adjectives oval, ovate, and ovoid all come from roots meaning "egg-shaped". They are usually denotatively synonymous. A connotation of one end being bigger than the other (which is often true of eggs) may or may not be implied. Of the three, oval is the one mostly likely to connote a symmetrical ellipse.
