- symmetry. If the
ellipse is
rotated about its
major axis, the
result is a
prolate spheroid,
elongated like a
rugby ball. The
American football is similar...
- A
prolate rotator galaxy, or
spindle galaxy, is an
unusual class of
galaxy that is cigar-shaped and
rotates around its long axis. A
prolate rotator galaxy...
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Prolate spheroidal coordinates are a three-dimensional
orthogonal coordinate system that
results from
rotating the two-dimensional
elliptic coordinate...
- In mathematics,
prolate spheroidal wave
functions are
eigenfunctions of the
Laplacian in
prolate spheroidal coordinates,
adapted to
boundary conditions...
- Oceanography, who
suggested that "discrete
prolate spheroidal sequences" was a "mouthful". The term "
prolates" is
equally in
current use. This work was...
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oblate (flattened) and
prolate (stretched). In the
oblate case θ > 90 ∘ {\displaystyle \theta >90^{\circ }} and in the
prolate case θ < 90 ∘ {\displaystyle...
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Prolates is an
extinct genus of
prehistoric bony fish.
Paleontology portal Fish
portal Prehistoric fish List of
prehistoric bony fish Sepkoski, Jack (2002)...
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trochoid is curtate; and if the
point is
outside the circle, the
trochoid is
prolate. The word "trochoid" was
coined by
Gilles de Roberval,
referring to the...
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inside the m-gon. The
trochogon is
curtate if z is
inside the n-gon, and
prolate (with loops) if z is
outside the n-gon. If z is at a
vertex it
traces an...
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nuclear charge distribution deviates from that of a sphere; that is, the
prolate or
oblate shape of the nucleus. NQR is a
direct observation of the interaction...
