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Definition: prolate cycloid
prolate cycloid
n : a cycloid generated by a point outside the rolling circle
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Prolate cycloid
Prolate
\Pro"late\, a. [L. prolatus, used as p. p. of proferre
to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus, p. p. See
Pro-, and
Tolerate. ]
Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the
direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate
spheroid; -- opposed to
oblate.
[1913 Webster]
Prolate cycloid. See the Note under
Cycloid.
Prolate ellipsoid or
Prolate spheroid (Geom.), a figure
generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major
axis. Contrasted with
oblate spheroid. See
Ellipsoid of revolution
, under
Ellipsoid.
[1913 Webster]
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