Definition:Spheroid/Prolate

Definition

A prolate spheroid is an ellipsoid which is the solid of revolution formed by rotating an ellipse about its major axis.

Also known as

A prolate spheroid is also known as a prolate ellipsoid.

Also see

• Definition:Oblate Spheroid

• Results about prolate spheroids can be found here.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): ellipsoid
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): ellipsoid