prolate
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1. rounded like an egg (adj.all)
| similar | : | rounded, |
| definition | : | curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged (adj.all) |
2. having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter (adj.all)
| also | : | rounded, |
| definition | : | curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged (adj.all) |
3. rounded like an egg (adj.all)
| derivation | : | ellipticity, oblateness, |
| definition | : | the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | ellipse, oval, |
| definition | : | a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it (noun.shape) |
| derivation | : | ovoid, |
| definition | : | an egg-shaped object (noun.shape) |
4. having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter (adj.all)
| antonym | : | oblate, pumpkin-shaped, |
| definition | : | having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles (adj.all) |
5. rounded like an egg (adj.all)
| derivation | : | ellipticity, oblateness, |
| definition | : | the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | ellipse, oval, |
| definition | : | a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it (noun.shape) |
| derivation | : | ovoid, |
| definition | : | an egg-shaped object (noun.shape) |
6. having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter (adj.all)
| antonym | : | oblate, pumpkin-shaped, |
| definition | : | having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles (adj.all) |
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