Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO'LATE
PRO-LAP'SION, or PRO-LAP'SUSPRO-LATE'
PRO'LATE, a. [supra.]
Extended beyond the line of an exact sphere. A prolate spheroid is produced by the revolution of a semi-ellipsis about its larger diameter. – Encyc.
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