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prolately

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pro-late-ly
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a prolate manner

Example Sentences

  • "For the lowest resonance I obtain I#123;#92;pi#125; = #92;Omega#123;#92;pi#125; = 5/2#123;-#125; for #123;39#125;Mg which is likely to be prolately deformed, while I#123;#92;pi#125; = #92;Omega#123;#92;pi#125; = 1/2#123;#43;#125; may be assigned to the nucleus #123;21#125;C which may be oblately deformed."

Etymology

From prolate + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Antonyms

oblately

Questions

What does prolately mean?
In a prolate manner
Where does prolately come from?
From prolate + -ly.

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