Adjective: prolate 'prow,leyt
- Having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
"a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis";
- watermelon-shaped
- Rounded like an egg
"I think the prolate bodies may probably turn out to be eggs of some small animals";
- egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid
See also: cucumber-shaped, rounded
Antonym: oblate
Encyclopedia: Prolate