Prolate(a.) Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.
Prolate(v. t.) To utter; to pronounce.
Prolation(n.) The act of prolating or pronouncing; utterance; pronunciation.
Prolation(n.) The act of deferring; delay.
Prolation(n.) A mediaeval method of determining of the proportionate duration of semibreves and minims.

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