"Prolatum" is a word in ENGLISH
A prolate spheroid. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under
Ellipsoid.
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A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; …
Read the complete definitionA class of Coelenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separate paddles …
Read the complete definitionAlt. of Ellipsoidal
Read the complete definitionA solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a).
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or shaped like, an ellipsoid; as, ellipsoid or ellipsoidal form.
Read the complete definitionA prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see …
Read the complete definitionA surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and …
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