Meanings of prolate in English

A point outside the rim traces out a prolate cycloid, with a backward loop.

A few stars now had pierced the blue, and in the east there shone brightly a prolate moon.

This is consistent with a highly asymmetric molecule such as the prolate ellipsoid suggested by the other physical measurements.

Small-angle X-ray scattering analysis indicated that the enzyme had a prolate ellipsoidal structure with an ellipsoid cavity in the center.

By comparing several candidate space-filling polyhedra, we find that the oblate shapes are preferred over prolate shapes for all volume-to-surface ratios.

Moreover, an object thrown straight upward follows the loop of a prolate cycloid, landing slightly to the west of its launch point.

Collisions between prolate uranium nuclei are used to study how particle production and azimuthal anisotropies depend on initial geometry in heavy-ion collisions.

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.