And in the end it was two fat, lead-sheathed, watermelon-shaped objects lying harmlessly in the cockpit of a boat.
Ús de prolate en anglès
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A point outside the rim traces out a prolate cycloid, with a backward loop.
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A few stars now had pierced the blue, and in the east there shone brightly a prolate moon.
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This is consistent with a highly asymmetric molecule such as the prolate ellipsoid suggested by the other physical measurements.
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Small-angle X-ray scattering analysis indicated that the enzyme had a prolate ellipsoidal structure with an ellipsoid cavity in the center.
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By comparing several candidate space-filling polyhedra, we find that the oblate shapes are preferred over prolate shapes for all volume-to-surface ratios.
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Moreover, an object thrown straight upward follows the loop of a prolate cycloid, landing slightly to the west of its launch point.
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Collisions between prolate uranium nuclei are used to study how particle production and azimuthal anisotropies depend on initial geometry in heavy-ion collisions.
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He left this with the rank of prolate, in 1828 was secretary to the nuncio at Paris and was made vice-legate of Bologna shortly afterwards.