Prolate

[Lat. proferre, prolatum. See PROFFER.] To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] Howell.

(Synop., § 130), a. [Lat. prolatus, p. p. of proferre, to bring forth, to extend.] Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; — opposed to oblate.

Prolate ellipsoid or spheroid (Geom.), a figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis.