Defn: Prolapse.
PROLATE Pro"late, a. Etym: [L. prolatus, used as p. p. of proferre to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus, p. p. See Pro-, and Tolerate. ]
Defn: Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; — opposed to oblate. Prolate cycloid. See the Note under Cycloid. — Prolate ellipsoid or spheroid (Geom.), a figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
PROLATE
Pro*late", v. t.
Defn: To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] "Foun-der-ed; prolate it right."
B. Jonson.
PROLATION
Pro*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. prolatio: cf. F. prolation.]
1. The act of prolating or pronouncing; utterance; pronunciation. [Obs.] Ray.
2. The act of deferring; delay. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
3. (Mus.)
Defn: A mediæval method of determining of the proportionate duration of semibreves and minims. Busby.